[CentOS] IP6 Anyone?

[Always Learning]

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.

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With best regards,

Paul.
England,
EU.