IPv6 Buzz 135: Making Sense Of IPv6 Address Formatting

In this episode, Ed, Scott, and Tom dive into the topic of IPv6 address formatting, the do’s and don’ts of representing an IPv6 address, and what guidance RFC 5952 provides for representing these very long addresses in text. Topics discussed include: * The IPv6 address format (leading zeros, zero compression, case, etc.) * What RFC 5952 recommends (vs. what vendors implement and what users see) * Normalizing IPv6 address formatting for programmatic use and logging Thanks for listening! Sponsor: Gcore Gcore is a next-generation content delivery network that accelerates your application’s static and dynamic content. Gcore CDN has you covered around the globe with more than150 edge locations and 11,000 peering partners worldwide. And of course, Gcore CDN supports IPv4 and IPv6. Go to Gcore.com/packetpushers to find out more. Show Links: RFC 5952: A Recommendation for IPv6 Address Text Representation – IETF IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture – IETF Postel’s Law – Wikipedia Convert an IP address from its family-specific string format to a packed, binary format – Python.org