IPv6 address/port format

[MARAY Tamas]

> > How about this:
> >    We still use / in the routing case and in the dir case. : and . should
> > still be used in IPv6 address format. But when we express port, we use []
> > to include the IPv6 addresses or even domain name, other syntax kept the
> > same as now.
> >    for instance, the following are expressed in tranditional ways:
> >    www.ipv6.net  --->  3ffe:1ce1:xxx:xxxx:xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx
> >    10.20.30.40 ---> (mapping IPv6)   ::10.20.30.40
                                54.2
> >                                      ::ffff:10.20.30.40
> >                                      ::xxxx:xxxx
> >                                      ::ffff:xxxx:xxxx
> >    but for port 80 on www.ipv6.net,
> >    use [www.ipv6.net]:80
> >        [3ffe:1ce1:xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx]:80
> >    and for urls: http://[..v6 address..]:port/dir/dir.....
>
> Seems the best solution to me, as a very new user of IPv6. It is the
> closest solution compared to IPv4 Syntax.

Wrong. Conflicts with the UNIX shell.

Tamas Maray
<maray@fsz.bme.hu>