Re: [opensuse] IPv6 in Firefox: does it work? [Was: What is the proper entry for /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1?]

Per Jessen wrote:

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I meant terrible compared to an IPv4 numerical address. There is no

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need for brackets nor for the interface.

In the normal case, that would be the same for IPv6. The numerical address is too long to be really useful by itself. Using the IPv6 numerical address is an exception, not the norm.

The reason you need the brackets is because of the colons used to separate the hex digits. The colon is also used to specify a port number, so you need some way to separate the address from port. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org