From: David C. <da...@da...> - 2002-03-27 11:42:54
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Ulf Bartelt wrote: > Weren't there some ":" in IPv6 addresses? > > I never used IPv6 so far but debian puts some addresses with colons into > /etc/hosts for IPv6... Indeed, IPv6 uses : to split up the address into 16 bit sections, but if you know there is 'inet:' at one end, and ':<port>' at the other, it's not difficult to extract the IPv6 address from the middle - You just have to work in from either end, and what is left is the address/hostname/whatever. David -- David Coulson http://davidcoulson.net/ d...@vi... http://journal.davidcoulson.net/ |