On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 14:20 -0500, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: > centos-bounces at centos.org wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 12:24 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > > > >> 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 > >> > > > > > What separator would you have chosen? > > > > > > What would anyone have chosen ? > 4 hex digits vs. 1-3 decimal digits provides adequate disambiguation. 1:2:3:4 or 1.2.3.4 ? Each segment of the former is a valid 'decimal' number and also a valid 'hexadecimal' number. Each segment of the later is a valid decimal number. Still does not answer the question I posed of what separator would anyone have used for IP6 addresses. -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU.