I need to know if the address in the range 0::/96 can be actually assigned in IPv6 or not.
I've found the reference on IANA that IANA can't assign that range (actually 0::/8 range) but I can't find it as being an actually "reserved" range.
My issue is that I'm converting IP Addresses from integers on python. Using the standard library ipaddress which has a convenient factory method ip_address that applies the simple heuristic, if n < 2**32 then ipv4 else ipv6.
This heurisitc would be great if I could find a place in which it screams out to networks admins to forbid using this range xD
Anyway, thanks!
You can find what you are looking for in RFC 5156. Section 2.3 lists the "IPv4-Compatible Addresses" which have been deprecated:
These addresses are deprecated and should not appear on the public Internet
And if you should see them they represent an IPv4 address (except for ::1), so a n > 1 && n < 2**32 heuristic should be perfectly safe.