Why do OpenSSH do a CNAME lookup when using IPv6 addresses?

[Jim Knoble]

> On May 8, 2024, at 03:36, Patrik Ek <ek.patrik at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> user1 at XXXX[12:18][home/user1/Desktop]$ ssh -V
> OpenSSH_9.6p1, OpenSSL 3.1.5 30 Jan 2024

It's not clear that this command...

> user1 at XXXX[12:18][home/user1/Desktop]$
> /app/moshell/24.0f/moshell/commonjars/ssh.lin64
> user at 2001:1:8100:a3::fe

... is the same as this one. Why do you not do:

        ssh user at 2001:1:8100:a3::fe

? Or:

        /app/moshell/.../ssh.lin64 -V

?