-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/28/10 15:20 , Tom Limoncelli wrote: > 4 bits (one hex digit) is a nibble. I'm surprised the entire IPv6 > community hasn't adopted this. > > Having a term like this is important especially when considering > reverse lookups: > > $ host 2607:f2f8:a9c0::2 > 2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.c.9.a.8.f.2.f.7.0.6.2.ip6.arpa > domain name pointer jughandle.whatexit.org.
I suspect the IPv6 community would prefer to pretend it never needs to deal with that horror. :) - -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] [email protected] system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] [email protected] electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzJz3EACgkQIn7hlCsL25UlggCfSwfCjUqmRP4k5CYDGcyqJ+He zGcAoKTHBUUOBWvXliMOK50h57rYQpq1 =hKpM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
