On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 12:24 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 02/26/11 12:12 PM, Always Learning wrote:
> > Because : is sometimes used in an address to indicate the start of a
> > port number, example http://www.anyonejunk.com:1234, the IP6 address can
> > be enclosed within [ ] with the port number remaining outside the square
> > brackets.
>
> Thats, MUST be enclosed within []... without those [ ], how would you
> resolve
>
> 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
>
> ? Both of those are valid IPv6 addresses
>
> if anything, I'd put the blame on this squarely on the committee that
> decided to use : as the IPv6 seperator when it was already in wide use
> as the URL port separator.
What separator would you have chosen?
\ (used by M$)
/ (used for directories etc.)
: (used for port number)
. (used by IP4)
; (widely used as a terminator)
# ?
= ?
- ?
_ ?
! ?
" ?
< (used in HTML and email addresses)
> (used in HTML and email addresses)
, ?
^ ?
% ?
$ ?
~ ?
What would anyone have chosen ?
With best regards,
Paul.
England,
EU.
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