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Re: IPv6 woes - RFC


From: Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 20:55:50 -0500

Once upon a time, Andy Smith <andy () strugglers net> said:
On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 08:44:00PM -0400, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
19:17:38 0 [~] ping 2130706433

"ping 017700000001" and "ping 0x7F000001" also fun ones :)

More than once, I've had to explain why zero-filling octets, like
127.000.000.001 (which still works) or 008.008.008.008 (which does not),
is broken.

-- 
Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net>


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