See RFC 2373
At 06:06 PM 11/9/00 +0530, Ramanan wrote:
> I want some clarification on ip(v6) address representation.
>
> How do we treat the following addresses? Are they valid or
> otherwise?
>
> 1:2:3:4:5:6::7:8
> ::1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
>
> 0:0:0:0:0:0:1.2.3.4
> 0::0:0:0:0:0:1.2.3.4
>
> 0:0:0:0:0:ffff:1.2.3.4
> 0::0:0:0:0:ffff:1.2.3.4
>
> The rfc does not state if these are allowed.
>
> This clarification is important as some user scripts might
> generate such ip addresses.
>
> An analogy I found is that most unix versions treat
> /home/./ftp
> same as
> /home/ftp
>
> please getback to me suggestions?
>
>
>Ramanan
>
>
Chuck Kaekel
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