ssh feature - ignore colon in host name

[Scott Neugroschl]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com at mindrot.org
> [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com at mindrot.org] On
> Behalf Of Paul Mansfield
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 5:00 AM
> To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> Subject: Re: ssh feature - ignore colon in host name
> 
> On 20/02/10 01:26, Peter Stuge wrote:
> > Paul Mansfield wrote:
> >> I don't think the colon can have any significance in the hostname,
> >
> > It has in IPv6 addresses.
> 
> oop, of course! silly me!
> 
> ok, how about a trailing colon then?

Again, what about IPv6?  I'm no IPv6 guru, but wouldn't a couldn't a /64
address end in a colon?

i.e.:

Network:  abcd:0123:4567:89ab::/64
Host:     abcd:0123:4567:89ab:9999:: (equivalent to
abcd:0123:4567:89ab:9999:0:0:0)

DISCLAIMER:  I may be wrong -- It's been a long time since I looked at
IPv6 formats.