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--- Comment #20 from Justin Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  2008-03-12 02:32:04 PST 
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(In reply to comment #18)
> > question.  Should ::ffff:127.0.0.1, ipv4 127.0.0.1, and ::1 be considered
> > equivalent?  ::ffff:127.0.0.1 is ipv4 127.0.0.1 represented as an 
> > IPv4-mapped
> > address. ::1 is the ipv6-native loopback address.
> > 
> > I think all 3 represent the loopback and should be considered equivalent
> > in our code.  at least, ::ffff:127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.1 are the same addr
> > represented differently so should be equal.
> 
> They are not the same address. 127.0.0.0/8 is a host-local network and
> 127.0.0.1 is just a commonly used address from that range for a loopback
> interface. In IPv6 there is only one such address, the ::1.
> 
> If there is a need to group addresses in sets, these could be:
> - unspecified address 0.0.0.0 and ::,
> - host-local address space (127.0.0.0/8, ::1)
> - link-local address space (169.254.0.0/16, fe80::/10)
> - site-local IPv6 address space (now deprecated) fec0::/10
> - IPv4 private-use address space (RFC 1918)
> - multicast, broadcast, anycast address space

I don't think we need to add special cases for these.  host-local address space
is the only that's likely to be common in the field, and your point regarding
that above is a good one.

> Also:
> - IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses ::FFFF:d.d.d.d (or in its hex form) should be
>   equivalent to d.d.d.d;

+1 

> - IPv4-compatible IPv6 address ::d.d.d.d should NOT be equivalent to d.d.d.d;

+1

> - 127.0.0.1 should NOT be equivalent to ::1 (and similarly, link-local IPv6
>   and link-local IPv4 addresses should not be equivalent;

ok.

Daryl said:
> There's no reason to ignore the fact that they're not the same though.  Just
> add both to the built in (and always required) defaults.  We don't allow not
> using 127/8 (we prepend it to anything configured) so just do the same for 
> ::1.

that sounds like an acceptable course of action. +1


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