Comment on Fun with IP address parsing (2020)Comments−983475981yIt’s also common to see ::ffff:0:0/96 IPv6 addresses with embedded IPv4, like ::ffff:127.0.0.1. These show up when you open an IPv6 socket that also accepts IPv4 packets.
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It’s also common to see ::ffff:0:0/96 IPv6 addresses with embedded IPv4, like ::ffff:127.0.0.1. These show up when you open an IPv6 socket that also accepts IPv4 packets.