Re: IPv6 address/port format
On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 11:24:44PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> "Dwayne C . Litzenberger" <dlitz@cheerful.com> said:
> > I'm not really knowledgeable about this, but what is a good, standard way
> > to show address/port shown in IPv4, IPv6, IPX, etc? I would think
> > address.:port (dot-colon) would be good (and it already works with domain
> > names), but I haven't seen this done yet.
>
> See RFC 2732, Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's. Sample with
> address and port.
>
> http://[FEDC:BA98:7654:3210:FEDC:BA98:7654:3210]:80/index.html
now what happens if you try to enter this address in your shell prompt...
i.e., this was not optimal choice
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