I agree with Brian.
For ISATAP, dotted-decimal is fine, since it appears at the
end just like for v4-compat and v4-mapped.
For 6to4, it's too problematic to change it, so I agree
it should stay hex.
-Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:02 AM
> To: Marc Blanchet
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: embedding ipv4 addresses in ipv6 address text
representation
>
> Marc Blanchet wrote:
> >
> > We do provide the ability to write IPv4 addresses in IPv6 addresses
for
> > ipv4-compatible and
> > ipv4-mapped. It would be very useful and more normalized to be able
to
> use
> > IPv4 addresses in IPv6
> > addresses for the transition mechanisms that embed IPv4 addresses,
ex:
> 6to4.
> >
> > Any objection?
>
> For a 6to4 prefix, I think it would be very confusing to use
> dotted decimal, since we would see a full address starting
> in hex, continuing in decimal, and reverting to hex at the end.
> In other words, 6to4 addresses derived from 9.254.253.252
> should be written 2002:09fe:fdfc:...
>
> My $0.02
>
> Brian
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