On (08/01/09 14:50), Peter Memishian wrote: > > would "-" work (this would imply that "-" is not permitted in > > the label name-space)? There's also %, which has already been used > > for IPv6. > > Amusingly, there's a separate thread on crossbow-discuss about allowing > '-' as an interface/datalink character -- so that'd need to be stopped
yes, I noticed, but this is a totally different context- we are not talking about the namespace for datalinks, but rather about a *separator* char between the datalink name (where the exclusion of '-' has been noted, and serendipitiously ends up avoiding namespace conflict) and the address slot/identifier itself > for this to proceed. '%' is just plain awful. it's awful, yes. But as I recall, it was chosen after much debate - e.g., ":" and "." were unacceptable since they were already part of V6 and V4 addresses. It would help if Darren clarifies the context in which "/" is used in ipfilter. --Sowmini
