@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ func GetIfaceAddr(name string) (net.Addr, []net.Addr, error) {

 	if err != nil {

 		return nil, nil, err

 	}

-	var addrs4 []net.Addr

-	var addrs6 []net.Addr

+	var addrs4, addrs6 []net.Addr

 	for _, addr := range addrs {

 		ip := (addr.(*net.IPNet)).IP

 		if ip4 := ip.To4(); ip4 != nil {

@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ func GetIfaceAddr(name string) (net.Addr, []net.Addr, error) {

 	}

 	switch {

 	case len(addrs4) == 0:

-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Interface %v has no IPv4 addresses", name)

+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("interface %v has no IPv4 addresses", name)

 	case len(addrs4) > 1:

 		fmt.Printf("Interface %v has more than 1 IPv4 address. Defaulting to using %v\n",

 			name, (addrs4[0].(*net.IPNet)).IP)

@@ -173,9 +172,9 @@ func ParseAlias(val string) (string, string, error) {

 	if val == "" {

 		return "", "", errors.New("empty string specified for alias")

 	}

-	arr := strings.Split(val, ":")

+	arr := strings.SplitN(val, ":", 3)

 	if len(arr) > 2 {

-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("bad format for alias: %s", val)

+		return "", "", errors.New("bad format for alias: " + val)

 	}

 	if len(arr) == 1 {

 		return val, val, nil

@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ func GenerateIfaceName(nlh *netlink.Handle, prefix string, len int) (string, err

 // list the first IPv4 address which does not conflict with other

 // interfaces on the system.

 func ElectInterfaceAddresses(name string) ([]*net.IPNet, []*net.IPNet, error) {

-	var (

-		v4Nets []*net.IPNet

-		v6Nets []*net.IPNet

-	)

+	var v4Nets, v6Nets []*net.IPNet

 	defer osl.InitOSContext()()