Re:Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6
by Denvercoder9 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @03:57AM
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> They put letters in the middle of numbers
If you prefer, you could write an IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation just like an IPv4 address, or an IPv4 in hexadecimal notation like an IPv6 address. It's just 128 (IPv6) or 32 (IPv4) bits of data after all, the representation is completely independent of the protocol.
If you prefer, you could write an IPv6 address in dotted-decimal notation just like an IPv4 address, or an IPv4 in hexadecimal notation like an IPv6 address. It's just 128 (IPv6) or 32 (IPv4) bits of data after all, the representation is completely independent of the protocol.
For example, you can also reach HN through it's IPv4 address by writing http://3520653007/ or http://0xD1D8E6CF/.