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Re:Potholes to avoid when migrating to IPv6 by jsjohnst on Monday December 31, 2018 @09:45AM (#18794668)
I actually prefer them as integers personally. 4 bytes for IPv4, 16 bytes for IPv6, is more space efficient than any string representation usually.
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Re:Potholes to avoid when migrating to IPv6 by rkeene2 on Monday December 31, 2018 @12:17PM (#18795559)
16 bytes isn't always enough to store an IPv6 address. Depending on the requirements, you may need to store a fully scoped IPv6 address, such as fe80::1%eth0.

Edit to note: I store the fully scoped IPv6 address in a database as part of my CMDB mechanism.

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Re:Potholes to avoid when migrating to IPv6 by jsjohnst on Monday December 31, 2018 @01:36PM (#18796102)
Just curious, but what use do you have for storing link-local addresses?
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