pgsql: Document the all-balls IPv6 address.
Document the all-balls IPv6 address.
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On 03/18/2011 06:41 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
Document the all-balls IPv6 address.
+ <literal>0.0.0.0/0</literal> (<quote>all balls</>) represents all
+ IPv4 addresses, and <literal>::</literal> represents
+ all IPv6 addresses.Umm, isn't there a missing netmask there? The IPv6 analog of 0.0.0.0/0
is surely ::/0 (or I would usually write it ::0/0).
cheers
andrew
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
+ <literal>0.0.0.0/0</literal> (<quote>all balls</>) represents all + IPv4 addresses, and <literal>::</literal> represents + all IPv6 addresses.Umm, isn't there a missing netmask there? The IPv6 analog of 0.0.0.0/0 is
surely ::/0 (or I would usually write it ::0/0).
"all balls" seems like a colloquialism best avoided in our documentation.
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Robert Haas
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On 03/18/2011 09:18 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Andrew Dunstan<andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
+<literal>0.0.0.0/0</literal> (<quote>all balls</>) represents all + IPv4 addresses, and<literal>::</literal> represents + all IPv6 addresses.Umm, isn't there a missing netmask there? The IPv6 analog of 0.0.0.0/0 is
surely ::/0 (or I would usually write it ::0/0)."all balls" seems like a colloquialism best avoided in our documentation.
It's already there, although I agree it's infelicitous.
cheers
andrew
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
On 03/18/2011 09:18 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Andrew Dunstan<andrew@dunslane.net>
wrote:+<literal>0.0.0.0/0</literal> (<quote>all balls</>) represents all + IPv4 addresses, and<literal>::</literal> represents + all IPv6 addresses.Umm, isn't there a missing netmask there? The IPv6 analog of 0.0.0.0/0 is
surely ::/0 (or I would usually write it ::0/0)."all balls" seems like a colloquialism best avoided in our documentation.
It's already there, although I agree it's infelicitous.
I vote for taking it out. I think that could be interpreted as inappropriate.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
On 03/18/2011 09:18 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
"all balls" seems like a colloquialism best avoided in our documentation.
It's already there, although I agree it's infelicitous.
I vote for taking it out. I think that could be interpreted as inappropriate.
IIRC, the pre-existing usage refers to time 00:00:00. It does not seem
especially useful to adopt the same terminology for network addresses;
that's more likely to confuse people than anything else.
regards, tom lane
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
On 03/18/2011 09:18 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Andrew Dunstan<andrew@dunslane.net>
wrote:+<literal>0.0.0.0/0</literal> (<quote>all balls</>) represents all + IPv4 addresses, and<literal>::</literal> represents + all IPv6 addresses.Umm, isn't there a missing netmask there? The IPv6 analog of 0.0.0.0/0 is
surely ::/0 (or I would usually write it ::0/0)."all balls" seems like a colloquialism best avoided in our documentation.
It's already there, although I agree it's infelicitous.
I vote for taking it out. I think that could be interpreted as inappropriate.
I agree.
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Dave Page
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Twitter: @pgsnake
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
On 03/18/2011 06:41 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
Document the all-balls IPv6 address.
+ <literal>0.0.0.0/0</literal> (<quote>all balls</>) represents all + IPv4 addresses, and <literal>::</literal> represents + all IPv6 addresses.Umm, isn't there a missing netmask there? The IPv6 analog of 0.0.0.0/0
is surely ::/0 (or I would usually write it ::0/0).
Oh, I was not aware how IPv6 worked with CIDR. I have changed it to
::/0. Thanks.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
Dave Page wrote:
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
On 03/18/2011 09:18 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Andrew Dunstan<andrew@dunslane.net>
?wrote:+<literal>0.0.0.0/0</literal> ?(<quote>all balls</>) represents all + ? ? ? IPv4 addresses, and<literal>::</literal> ?represents + ? ? ? all IPv6 addresses.Umm, isn't there a missing netmask there? The IPv6 analog of 0.0.0.0/0 is
surely ::/0 (or I would usually write it ::0/0)."all balls" seems like a colloquialism best avoided in our documentation.
It's already there, although I agree it's infelicitous.
I vote for taking it out. ?I think that could be interpreted as inappropriate.
I agree.
OK, removed.
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:00:19PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
On 03/18/2011 09:18 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
"all balls" seems like a colloquialism best avoided in our documentation.
It's already there, although I agree it's infelicitous.
I vote for taking it out. I think that could be interpreted as inappropriate.
IIRC, the pre-existing usage refers to time 00:00:00. It does not seem
especially useful to adopt the same terminology for network addresses;
that's more likely to confuse people than anything else.
And just as a historical etymological note for the list, in case anyone
finds this in the archives: "all balls" referring to all zeros setting
shows up as NASA speak in Apollo era transcripts, for any sort of "all
zeros" setting - the one I remember off hand was actually a angle
setting for an engine firing for Apollo 13. It may have been milspeak at
one time as well. The more modern interpretation seems to be a
contraction of "all balls, no brains", so would in fact be a little off
for a changelog entry.
Ross "etymologically yours" Reedstrom
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Ross J. Reedstrom <reedstrm@rice.edu> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:00:19PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
On 03/18/2011 09:18 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
"all balls" seems like a colloquialism best avoided in our documentation.
It's already there, although I agree it's infelicitous.
I vote for taking it out. I think that could be interpreted as inappropriate.
IIRC, the pre-existing usage refers to time 00:00:00. It does not seem
especially useful to adopt the same terminology for network addresses;
that's more likely to confuse people than anything else.And just as a historical etymological note for the list, in case anyone
finds this in the archives: "all balls" referring to all zeros setting
shows up as NASA speak in Apollo era transcripts, for any sort of "all
zeros" setting - the one I remember off hand was actually a angle
setting for an engine firing for Apollo 13. It may have been milspeak at
one time as well. The more modern interpretation seems to be a
contraction of "all balls, no brains", so would in fact be a little off
for a changelog entry.
This question has indeed come up before. See:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-docs/2005-01/msg00054.php. I
suppose that 'balls' as one of a large and growing number of words
that has to be used carefully due to the increasingly deficient
character of the modern mind.
merlin