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    Re: iSCSI: question about numeric IPv6 addr




    sorry that is very old and thank for finding it out - Julo


    Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@wasabisystems.com>

    04/30/2002 07:22 PM
    Please respond to Bill Studenmund

           
            To:        Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL
            cc:        <ips@ece.cmu.edu>, <owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu>
            Subject:        Re: iSCSI: question about numeric IPv6 addr

           


    On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Julian Satran wrote:

    > IPV6 addresses are explicitly supported and you will find examples in the
    > text - Julo

    Correct. However...

    >
    > When looking through appendix D (SendTargets), I noticed what looks like
    > an IPv4-centric bit, in the TargetAddress part. Here's the text:
    >
    >      Followed by zero or more address keys of the form:
    >
    >        TargetAddress=<hostname-or-ipaddress>[:<tcp-port>],<portal-
    >          group-tag>
    >
    > The problem is that an optional :<tcp-port> is ambiguous for IPv6. You
    > can't tell the port number from the tail of a valid IPv6 numeric address.
    >
    > Turns out RFC 2732, which we site, breaks the ambiguity by stating that an
    > IPv6 address should be given surounded by literal brackets. i.e. something
    > like '[::1]'. Thus port 3260 on localhost would be '[::1]:3270'.
    >
    > I'd like to suggest we add an explicit use of an IPv6 address, and also
    > change the wording below:
    >
    >      In the above example, a DNS host name could have been returned
    > instead
    >      of an IP address, and that an IPv6 addresses (5 to 16 dotted-decimal
    >      numbers) could have also been returned.
    >
    > IPv6 doesn't use dotted-decimal numbers, it uses colon-separated
    > hexadecimal ones.

    The above statement still stands; "5 to 16 dotted-decimal numbers" is not
    correct.

    Take care,

    Bill





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