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@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ data that is defined within the <reply><data></data></reply> section.
If there's no test number found above, the HTTP test server will use the
number following the last dot in the given hostname (made so that a CONNECT
can still pass on test number) so that "foo.bar.123" gets treated as test case
-123.
+123. Alternatively, if an ipv6-address is provided to CONNECT, the last
+hexadecimal group in the address will be used as the test numer! For example
+the address "[1234::ff]" would be treated as test case 255.
Set type="perl" to write the test case as a perl script. It implies that
there's no memory debugging and valgrind gets shut off for this test.