E1. The General Format of Address

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The network address looks as follows:

[<protocol>://][<protocol-specific-part>]

By default, <protocol> has the TCP value. The default values of <protocol-specific-part> are determined by the application.

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The following obsolete addresses format is also allowed:

[<protocol>/][<protocol-specific-part>].

IP Addresses

•<interface>::=<ip-address>

<ip-address> can be either a DNS name or an IP address separated by periods (for example, 127.0.0.1).

•<socket-address>::=<interface>:<port-number>

<port-number> must be specified by a decimal number.

When you specify an address of the Server or the Agent, you can set the version of the protocol to use. The following variants are available:

•<protocol>://<interface>:<port-number> – use IPv4 and IPv6.

•<protocol>://(<interface>):<port-number> – use IPv4 only.

•<protocol>://[<interface>]:<port-number> – use IPv6 only.

Examples:

1.tcp://127.0.0.1:2193

means a TCP protocol, port 2193 on an interface 127.0.0.1.

2.tcp://(examle.com):2193

means a TCP protocol, port 2193 on an IPv4 interface examle.com.

3.tcp://[::]:2193

means a TCP protocol, port 2193 on an IPv6 interface 0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000

4.localhost:2193

the same.

5.tcp://:9999

value for the server: the default interface depending on the application (usually all available interfaces), port 9999; value for client: the default connection to the host depending on the application (usually localhost), port 9999.

6.tcp://

TCP protocol, default port.

Connection-Oriented Protocol

<protocol>/<socket-address>

where <socket-address> sets the local address of the socket for a server or a remote server for a client.

Datagram-Oriented Protocol

<protocol>://<endpoint-socket-address>[-<interface>]

Examples:

1.udp://231.0.0.1:2193

means using a multicast group 231.0.0.1:2193 on an interface depending on the application by default.

2.udp://[ff18::231.0.0.1]:2193

means using a multicast group [ff18::231.0.0.1] on an interface depending on the application by default.

3.udp://

application-dependent interface and endpoint.

4.udp://255.255.255.255:9999-myhost1

using broadcasting messages on port 9999 on myhost1 interface.

UDS Addresses

•Connection-oriented protocol:

unx://<file_name>

•Datagram-oriented protocol:

udx://<file_name>

Examples:

1.unx://tmp/drwcsd:stream

2.unx://tmp/drwcsd:datagram

SRV Addresses

srv://[<server name>][@<domain name/dot address>]