diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/aenebris.cabal b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/aenebris.cabal
index eac26e1f..7cf66dd6 100644
--- a/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/aenebris.cabal
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/aenebris.cabal
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ library
                      , Aenebris.WAF.Engine
                      , Aenebris.Honeypot
                      , Aenebris.Geo
+                     , Aenebris.Net.IP
                      , Aenebris.ML.Features
                      , Aenebris.ML.Model
                      , Aenebris.ML.Loader
diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/DDoS/ConnLimit.hs b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/DDoS/ConnLimit.hs
index a5d302ee..e570e946 100644
--- a/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/DDoS/ConnLimit.hs
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/DDoS/ConnLimit.hs
@@ -28,19 +28,11 @@ import Control.Concurrent.STM
   , readTVar
   , writeTVar
   )
+import Aenebris.Net.IP (sockAddrToIPBytes)
 import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS8
-import Data.List (intercalate)
 import Data.Map.Strict (Map)
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
-import Network.Socket
-  ( HostAddress6
-  , SockAddr(..)
-  , hostAddress6ToTuple
-  , hostAddressToTuple
-  )
-import Numeric (showHex)
-import Text.Printf (printf)
+import Network.Socket (SockAddr)
 
 defaultPerIPLimit :: Int
 defaultPerIPLimit = 16
@@ -87,19 +79,10 @@ currentCount ConnLimiter{..} ip = do
   pure (Map.findWithDefault 0 ip m)
 
 connLimitOnOpen :: ConnLimiter -> SockAddr -> IO Bool
-connLimitOnOpen cl sa = atomically (tryAcquire cl (ipBytesFromSockAddr sa))
+connLimitOnOpen cl sa = atomically (tryAcquire cl (sockAddrToIPBytes sa))
 
 connLimitOnClose :: ConnLimiter -> SockAddr -> IO ()
-connLimitOnClose cl sa = atomically (release cl (ipBytesFromSockAddr sa))
+connLimitOnClose cl sa = atomically (release cl (sockAddrToIPBytes sa))
 
 ipBytesFromSockAddr :: SockAddr -> ByteString
-ipBytesFromSockAddr (SockAddrInet _ ha) =
-  let (a, b, c, d) = hostAddressToTuple ha
-  in BS8.pack (printf "%d.%d.%d.%d" a b c d)
-ipBytesFromSockAddr (SockAddrInet6 _ _ ha6 _) = v6Bytes ha6
-ipBytesFromSockAddr (SockAddrUnix p) = BS8.pack ("unix:" <> p)
-
-v6Bytes :: HostAddress6 -> ByteString
-v6Bytes ha =
-  let (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) = hostAddress6ToTuple ha
-  in BS8.pack (intercalate ":" (map (`showHex` "") [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]))
+ipBytesFromSockAddr = sockAddrToIPBytes
diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/Net/IP.hs b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/Net/IP.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8033b209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/Net/IP.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{-
+©AngelaMos | 2026
+IP.hs
+-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module Aenebris.Net.IP
+  ( sockAddrToIPBytes
+  ) where
+
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS8
+import Data.List (intercalate)
+import Network.Socket
+  ( HostAddress6
+  , SockAddr(..)
+  , hostAddress6ToTuple
+  , hostAddressToTuple
+  )
+import Numeric (showHex)
+import Text.Printf (printf)
+
+ipv4Format :: String
+ipv4Format = "%d.%d.%d.%d"
+
+ipv6Separator :: String
+ipv6Separator = ":"
+
+unixSocketPrefix :: String
+unixSocketPrefix = "unix:"
+
+sockAddrToIPBytes :: SockAddr -> ByteString
+sockAddrToIPBytes (SockAddrInet _ ha) =
+  let (a, b, c, d) = hostAddressToTuple ha
+  in BS8.pack (printf ipv4Format a b c d)
+sockAddrToIPBytes (SockAddrInet6 _ _ ha6 _) = renderIPv6 ha6
+sockAddrToIPBytes (SockAddrUnix p) = BS8.pack (unixSocketPrefix <> p)
+
+renderIPv6 :: HostAddress6 -> ByteString
+renderIPv6 ha =
+  let (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) = hostAddress6ToTuple ha
+      parts = [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]
+  in BS8.pack (intercalate ipv6Separator (map (`showHex` "") parts))
diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/RateLimit.hs b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/RateLimit.hs
index 4963c805..5e70cc58 100644
--- a/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/RateLimit.hs
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/src/Aenebris/RateLimit.hs
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ import Control.Concurrent.STM
   , readTVar
   , writeTVar
   )
+import Aenebris.Net.IP (sockAddrToIPBytes)
 import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS8
-import Data.List (intercalate)
 import Data.Map.Strict (Map)
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
 import Data.Text (Text)
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Read as TR
 import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (POSIXTime, getPOSIXTime)
 import Network.HTTP.Types (status429)
-import Network.Socket
-  ( HostAddress6
-  , SockAddr(..)
-  , hostAddress6ToTuple
-  , hostAddressToTuple
-  )
 import Network.Wai
   ( Middleware
   , Request
@@ -52,8 +46,6 @@ import Network.Wai
   , remoteHost
   , responseLBS
   )
-import Numeric (showHex)
-import Text.Printf (printf)
 
 secondsPerMinute :: Double
 secondsPerMinute = 60
@@ -165,18 +157,7 @@ rateLimitMiddleware rl app req respond = do
     intBS n = BS8.pack (show n)
 
 clientIPKey :: Request -> ByteString
-clientIPKey req = case remoteHost req of
-  SockAddrInet _ ha ->
-    let (a, b, c, d) = hostAddressToTuple ha
-    in BS8.pack (printf "%d.%d.%d.%d" a b c d)
-  SockAddrInet6 _ _ ha6 _ -> v6Bytes ha6
-  SockAddrUnix p -> BS8.pack ("unix:" <> p)
-  where
-    v6Bytes :: HostAddress6 -> ByteString
-    v6Bytes ha =
-      let (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) = hostAddress6ToTuple ha
-          parts = [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]
-      in BS8.pack (intercalate ":" (map (`showHex` "") parts))
+clientIPKey = sockAddrToIPBytes . remoteHost
 
 pathClassKey :: Request -> ByteString
 pathClassKey req =
diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/test/Spec.hs b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/test/Spec.hs
index 954a642d..9626e28c 100644
--- a/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/haskell-reverse-proxy/test/Spec.hs
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ import Aenebris.ML.Loader
   ( ParseError(..)
   , parseEnsemble
   )
+import Aenebris.Net.IP (sockAddrToIPBytes)
 import Aenebris.Middleware.Redirect (httpsRedirect, httpsRedirectWithPort)
 import Aenebris.Middleware.Security
   ( addSecurityHeaders
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ main = hspec $ do
   wafSpec
   honeypotSpec
   geoSpec
+  netIpSpec
   mlFeaturesSpec
   mlModelSpec
   mlLoaderSpec
@@ -1883,6 +1885,27 @@ mlModelSpec = describe "ML.Model" $ do
     validateTree 20 bad `shouldSatisfy`
       (\r -> case r of { Left _ -> True; Right _ -> False })
 
+netIpSpec :: Spec
+netIpSpec = describe "Net.IP" $ do
+  it "renders ipv4 sockaddr in dotted decimal" $
+    sockAddrToIPBytes (ipv4Addr (10, 0, 0, 1) 1234) `shouldBe` "10.0.0.1"
+
+  it "renders ipv4 loopback" $
+    sockAddrToIPBytes (ipv4Addr (127, 0, 0, 1) 8080) `shouldBe` "127.0.0.1"
+
+  it "renders unix sockaddr with prefix" $
+    sockAddrToIPBytes (SockAddrUnix "/tmp/sock") `shouldBe` "unix:/tmp/sock"
+
+  it "renders ipv6 sockaddr separated by colons (eight 16-bit groups)" $ do
+    let addr = SockAddrInet6
+          0
+          0
+          (tupleToHostAddress6 (0x2001, 0xdb8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1))
+          0
+        result = sockAddrToIPBytes addr
+    BS.length result `shouldSatisfy` (> 0)
+    BC.count ':' result `shouldBe` 7
+
 mlLoaderModel :: T.Text
 mlLoaderModel = T.unlines
   [ "tree"