Comment by koakuma-chan

4 days ago

It's not just ":: is all zeroes"

… such as?

  • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338674

    • That's a post about invalid things that are not IPv6 addresses.

      In IPv6 addresses, :: is all zeroes and there's no ambiguity.

    • I am not clear what your point is. The parent's point stands. A double colon only represents zeros (that were compressed and are not displayed).

      Your link does not show different addresses from a valid compression, it shows different addresses from an invalid compression. The link examples what we don't do.

      Conversely, if we compress the expanded addresses in your link, we will get 2 different compressed addresses.