RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Cygwin/Win32 utility function to convert "raw" IPv6 address string into *.ipv6-literal.net string ?

2023-09-28 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
> What do you think that output is - the PTR is resolved to "localhost." You obviously did not get the point that I was making. Using ip6.arpa *is* the standard way to get around with "DNS-like" IPv6 addresses, as it would be "understood". Using the "ipv6-literal.net" domain is not portable an

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Cygwin/Win32 utility function to convert "raw" IPv6 address string into *.ipv6-literal.net string ?

2023-09-28 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2023-09-27 17:56, Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] wrote: $ host -t ptr \ 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa domain name pointer localhost. I was talking about resolvi

RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Cygwin/Win32 utility function to convert "raw" IPv6 address string into *.ipv6-literal.net string ?

2023-09-27 Thread Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
> $ host -t ptr I was talking about resolving the .ipv6-literal.net names via DNS. Such as "fe80--219-99ff-feae-73ce.ipv6-literal.net" Anton Lavrentiev Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation