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denoting IPv6 addresses and ports
At 09:44 AM 2/15/01 +0900, [email protected] wrote:
>>expresses an IPv6 literal for a URL, while writting this:
>> [3ffe:456:45e::34]:23
>>would be clear to someone as meaning the telnet port at address
>>3ffe:456:45e::34?
>
> though there are uses like above in some configuration files for
> softwares,
and application protocol APIs.
>i personally don't think it too widely accepted.
I disagree. Whatever is used in URIs (and APIs derived from URI
syntaxes) will likely become widely accepted.
> I'd write:
> 3ffe:456:45e::34 port 23
I'm sure I've written IPv6 addresses with (or without optional
:port) in the form [3ffe:456:45e::34]:23 on napkins...
Kurt