From 72a4f2ff8f1b6907ef0c3200a568b27adaf38137 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lilly
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 14:13:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] specify ipv4-mapped ipv6 address usage
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README.md | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6221b9d..27ba207 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ It has the following payload:
- *subject netid*: The netid of the third node which is being informed about (Node A in the example above).
- *subject ip address*: The IP Address at which the third node was reachable for the node which originated this message.
+ It is always assumed to be an IPv6 address by default but the special *IPv4-mapped address space* `::ffff:0:0/96` may be used to encode an IPv4 address in the last 32 bits.
- *subject port*: The port at which the third node was reachable for the node with originated this message.
#### Message Type *Data*