Received: from localhost by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id QAA11181; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:43:54 -0400 X-Resent-To: drums@CS.UTK.EDU ; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:43:52 EDT Errors-to: owner-drums@CS.UTK.EDU Received: from po8.andrew.cmu.edu by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id QAA11159; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:43:49 -0400 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA19604 for drums@CS.UTK.EDU; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:43:34 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:43:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hogtown.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:43:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hogtown.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:43:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BatMail.robin.v2.14.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.hogtown.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c.411 via MS.5.6.hogtown.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c_411; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:43:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 16:43:18 -0400 (EDT) From: John Gardiner Myers To: drums@CS.UTK.EDU Subject: Re: address syntax In-Reply-To: References: Beak: Is John Gardiner Myers writes: > Invalid syntax. "\" is a special, it's not allowed in a word. Argh, I meant "atom", not "word". > Why not go further and get rid of non-numerics inside of > domain-literals? IPv6 is the big unknown looming here. I saw one specification for "native" IPv6 addresses which had hexadecimal numbers and colons. The idea of permitting colons inside a domain is a complete nonstarter--it breaks existing code for dealing with route-addr. -- _.John G. Myers Internet: jgm+@CMU.EDU LoseNet: ...!seismo!ihnp4!wiscvm.wisc.edu!give!up