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Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 15:07:19
Subject: Re: IPv6 Address validation
Hi Bob,
> I don't think this case was considered explicitly, but in the tradition of
> "be liberal in what one receives" as long as the string results in 16-bits
> I think it is OK for an implementation to accept it. Another reason why I
> think this is OK is that the document also allows for less then four hex
> digits. In my view this confirms that there isn't a strict requirement for
> a number of digits, only that the field results in 16-bits. So "0", "01",
> "0123", and "01234" are OK, but "12345" is not.
>> From your comments,
>> 012345, 0012345, 00012345...etc are all acceptable !!
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I mean,
01234, 001234, 0001234 ...etc are all acceptable !!
But, to what extent should be allowed and why ?
Instead of going towards this, prefer not to be liberal in this case at least.
Regards,
O.L.N.Rao | 
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