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denoting IPv6 addresses and ports
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>Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2001 1:45
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>Subject: Re: denoting IPv6 addresses and ports
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>>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?
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> though there are uses like above in some configuration files for
> softwares, i personally don't think it too widely accepted.
> I'd write:
> 3ffe:456:45e::34 port 23
>
>itojun
>
The style to send IPv6 addresses was (BNF-like format):
IPv6-in-URL = "[" IPv6-Addr "]" [ ":" Port ]
IPv6-Addr = ... You know...
Port = 1*digit
This style was a requirement. As for HTTP-WG where such questions was, it's
not allowed to send IPv6 addresses without the "[" "]" surrounding it.
Probably a flexible IPv6 Address interpreter can still read these.
- Joris