denoting IPv6 addresses and ports

[Kurt D. Zeilenga]

At 09:44 AM 2/15/01 +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
>>expresses an IPv6 literal for a URL, while writting this:
>>       [3ffe:456:45e::34]:23
>>would be clear to someone as meaning the telnet port at address 
>>3ffe:456:45e::34?
>
>        though there are uses like above in some configuration files for
>        softwares,

and application protocol APIs.

>i personally don't think it too widely accepted.

I disagree.  Whatever is used in URIs (and APIs derived from URI
syntaxes) will likely become widely accepted.

>        I'd write:
>                3ffe:456:45e::34 port 23

I'm sure I've written IPv6 addresses with (or without optional
:port) in the form [3ffe:456:45e::34]:23 on napkins...

Kurt