query re IPv6 URL format

Matthias Urlichs smurf@noris.de
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 14:04:38 +0200 (Funky)


Hi,

Steve:

>For the URL case in particular, is there not a character or pair of
>characters that could be defined as delimiting an IPv6 (or IPv4/6) address
>literal, e.g., [aaaa:bbbb::cc:d] or ^aaaa:bbbb::cc:d^ or something similar?
>An address plus port number would then look like [aaaa:bbbb::cc:d]:8080.

I _like_ the bracket idea. Let's apply it to IPV4, too, and deprecate the
old syntax.   1/2 :-)

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Matthias Urlichs
noris network GmbH