IPv6 woes - RFC

Sun Sep 26 01:55:50 UTC 2021

Once upon a time, Andy Smith <andy at 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 at cmadams.net>