> -----Original Message----- > From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of > Seiichi Kawamura > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:05 PM > To: Dave Thaler > Cc: 6man; Brian E Carpenter > Subject: Re: Review requested: draft-kawamura-ipv6-text-representation- > 02 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Yep, the problem with the notation quoted in Brian Haley's email is > > that "2001:4860:b003::68:80" when viewed without knowing the context > > is ambiguous as to whether it's an IPv6 address, or an IPv6 address + > > port 80. > > Yes, this is the most ambiguous of the situations. > > BTY, FreeBSD gives. I'm pretty used to this. > 133.205.1.1.80 > 2001:260::1.80 > > IMHO, the way port numbers are presented is not really > a big problem if we don't get something as Dave noted. > > Would it make sense to include somewhere a sentence that says something > like > "It is recommended that one avoids an ambiguous separtor when > displaying addresses and port numbers together"?
Personally, I'd rather see a recommendation that everything use the same separator whenever possible, rather than recommending that everything use some separator that isn't ambiguous. Otherwise, you run into lots of conversion problems when you try to pass strings between different protocols/apps/ management tools/etc. Sometimes that's unavoidable, but the point of a recommendation is to avoid problems whenever you can. -Dave > Seiichi Kawamura > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) > > iD8DBQFKDL/EcrhTYfxyMkIRAhyxAJ47YJ4w9QHjvaRY2TCiUBRvBFaXJgCeNQF1 > lFyVqX2q62QkCwDVTmefEBs= > =7ZvM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
