Am 26.02.2011 um 21:24 schrieb John R Pierce: > On 02/26/11 12:12 PM, Always Learning wrote: >> Because : is sometimes used in an address to indicate the start of a >> port number, examplehttp://www.anyonejunk.com:1234, the IP6 address >> can >> be enclosed within [ ] with the port number remaining outside the >> square >> brackets. > > Thats, MUST be enclosed within []... without those [ ], how would > you > resolve > > http://21DA:00D3::00FF:FE28:8080 > > is that... > http://[21DA:00D3:0000:0000:0000:00FF:FE28:8080] > or > http://[21DA:00D3:0000:0000:0000:0000:00FF:FE28]:8080 > > ? Both of those are valid IPv6 addresses > > if anything, I'd put the blame on this squarely on the committee that > decided to use : as the IPv6 seperator when it was already in wide use > as the URL port separator. > > With IPV6, you don't need to run it on a different port. Just bind it to a different IP in the same prefix ;-) So, that port-8080 stuff will be gone pretty soon. In a year or two. Cough-cough.