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		hotpotamus on Dec 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: IPv6-only still pretty much unusable I generally agree, but I'm pretty sure ::1.2.3.4 is a valid IPv6 address because it does have the idea of v4 compatibility built in.

keiyakins on Dec 9, 2022 [–]

it's ::ffff:1.2.3.4, so that loopback can be ::1. But yeah same idea.

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