From: Joe Abley (no email)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2008 - 12:10:45 EST
On 4-Feb-2008, at 00:19, Scott Morris wrote:
> You mean do you have to express it in hex?
There are two related things here: (a) the ability to represent a 32-
bit word in an IPv6 address in the form of a dotted-quad, and (b) the
legitimacy of an IPv6 address of the form ::A.B.C.D, where A.B.C.D is
an IPv4 address.
(a) is a question about the presentation of IPv6 addresses. (b) is a
question about the construction of IPv6 addresses to be used in packet
headers.
I believe (a) is still allowed. However, (b) is not allowed. Since (b)
is not allowed, (a) is arguably not very useful.
Joe
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