Section 2.2 Text Representation.
This allows for an *unlimited* number of leading zeros for
each segment of the address. The following is a "legal"
address the way it is currently specified.
000000000000000000000000000000:000000:000000000:000000:0:00:0:0
This has impacts on application writers that need temporary
buffers when parsing addreses out of other strings. This prevents
them using fixed sized buffers.
Can we please add the restriction that there is a maximum of
4 hex digits in each segment.
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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