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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: iSCSI: question about numeric IPv6 addrsorry that is very old and thank for finding it out - Julo
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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