diff --git a/htroot/SettingsAck_p.java b/htroot/SettingsAck_p.java
index a916a2a2e..42fbea48e 100644
--- a/htroot/SettingsAck_p.java
+++ b/htroot/SettingsAck_p.java
@@ -207,10 +207,6 @@ public class SettingsAck_p {
             } else if (staticIP.startsWith("https://")) {
                 if (staticIP.length() > 8) { staticIP = staticIP.substring(8); } else { staticIP = ""; }
             }
-            // TODO IPv6 support!
-            if (staticIP.indexOf(':',0) > 0) {
-                staticIP = staticIP.substring(0, staticIP.indexOf(':',0));
-            }
             if (staticIP.isEmpty()) {
                 serverCore.useStaticIP = false;
             } else {
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Domains.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Domains.java
index febb3ca1a..2f9556e12 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Domains.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/Domains.java
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ public class Domains {
         host = host.toLowerCase().trim();
 
         // try to simply parse the address
-        InetAddress ip = parseInetAddress(host);
+        InetAddress ip = InetAddress.getByName(host);
         if (ip != null) return ip;
 
         // trying to resolve host by doing a name cache lookup
@@ -716,8 +716,14 @@ public class Domains {
         if (host0 == null || host0.isEmpty()) return null;
         final String host = host0.toLowerCase().trim();
         // try to simply parse the address
-        InetAddress ip = parseInetAddress(host);
-        if (ip != null) return ip;
+        InetAddress ip;
+        try {
+            ip = InetAddress.getByName(host);
+            return ip;
+        } catch (UnknownHostException e1) {
+            // we expected that InetAddress.getByName may fail if this is not a raw address.
+            // We silently ignore this and go on.
+        }
 
         /*
         if (MemoryControl.shortStatus()) {
@@ -834,30 +840,6 @@ public class Domains {
         	NAME_CACHE_MISS.clear();
         } catch (final IOException e) {}
     }
-    
-
-    public static final InetAddress parseInetAddress(String ip) {
-        if (ip == null || ip.length() < 8) return null;
-        ip = ip.trim();
-        if (ip.charAt(0) == '[' && ip.charAt(ip.length() - 1) == ']') ip = ip.substring(1, ip.length() - 1);
-        if ("localhost".equals(ip)) ip = "127.0.0.1"; // normalize to IPv4 here since that is the way to calculate the InetAddress
-        final String[] ips = CommonPattern.DOT.split(ip);
-        if (ips.length != 4) return null; // TODO: parse IPv6 addresses
-        final byte[] ipb = new byte[4];
-        try {
-            ipb[0] = (byte) Integer.parseInt(ips[0]);
-            ipb[1] = (byte) Integer.parseInt(ips[1]);
-            ipb[2] = (byte) Integer.parseInt(ips[2]);
-            ipb[3] = (byte) Integer.parseInt(ips[3]);
-        } catch (final NumberFormatException e) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        try {
-            return InetAddress.getByAddress(ipb);
-        } catch (final UnknownHostException e) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
 
     /**
     * Returns the number of entries in the nameCacheHit map
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/peers/Seed.java b/source/net/yacy/peers/Seed.java
index 2061e1ebd..9a75d2197 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/peers/Seed.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/peers/Seed.java
@@ -303,12 +303,17 @@ public class Seed implements Cloneable, Comparable<Seed>, Comparator<Seed>
         if ( ipport == null ) {
             return;
         }
-        final int p = ipport.indexOf(':');
+        final int p = ipport.lastIndexOf(':');
         if ( p < 0 ) {
             this.alternativeIP = ipport;
         } else {
             this.alternativeIP = ipport.substring(0, p);
         }
+
+        if (this.alternativeIP.charAt(0) == '[' && this.alternativeIP.charAt(this.alternativeIP.length() - 1) == ']') {
+            // IPv6 patch
+            this.alternativeIP = this.alternativeIP.substring(1, this.alternativeIP.length() - 1);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -574,19 +579,26 @@ public class Seed implements Cloneable, Comparable<Seed>, Comparator<Seed>
      */
     public final String getPublicAddress() {
         String ip = getIP();
-        if ( ip == null || ip.length() < 8 || ip.length() > 60 ) {
-            ip = Domains.LOCALHOST;
-        }
+        if (ip == null) ip = Domains.LOCALHOST; // that should not happen
 
         final String port = this.dna.get(Seed.PORT);
         if ( port == null || port.length() < 2 || port.length() > 5 ) {
             return null;
         }
 
-        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(ip.length() + port.length() + 1);
-        sb.append(ip);
-        sb.append(':');
-        sb.append(port);
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(ip.length() + port.length() + 3);
+        if (ip.indexOf(':') >= 0) {
+            // IPv6 Address!, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_address#Literal_IPv6_addresses_in_network_resource_identifiers
+            sb.append('[');
+            sb.append(ip);
+            sb.append(']');
+            sb.append(':');
+            sb.append(port);
+        } else {
+            sb.append(ip);
+            sb.append(':');
+            sb.append(port);
+        }
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
@@ -604,11 +616,24 @@ public class Seed implements Cloneable, Comparable<Seed>, Comparator<Seed>
         }
 
         final String port = this.dna.get(Seed.PORT);
-        if ( (port == null) || (port.length() < 2) ) {
+        if ( port == null || port.length() < 2 || port.length() > 5 ) {
             return null;
         }
 
-        return this.alternativeIP + ":" + port;
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(this.alternativeIP.length() + port.length() + 3);
+        if (this.alternativeIP.indexOf(':') >= 0) {
+            // IPv6 Address!, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_address#Literal_IPv6_addresses_in_network_resource_identifiers
+            sb.append('[');
+            sb.append(this.alternativeIP);
+            sb.append(']');
+            sb.append(':');
+            sb.append(port);
+        } else {
+            sb.append(this.alternativeIP);
+            sb.append(':');
+            sb.append(port);
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -618,7 +643,7 @@ public class Seed implements Cloneable, Comparable<Seed>, Comparator<Seed>
         return Domains.dnsResolve(getIP());
     }
 
-    /** @return the portnumber of this seed or <code>-1</code> if not present */
+    /** @return the port number of this seed or <code>-1</code> if not present */
     public final int getPort() {
         final String port = this.dna.get(Seed.PORT);
         if ( port == null ) {
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/peers/SeedDB.java b/source/net/yacy/peers/SeedDB.java
index 1bcaa1333..96b3b4f5f 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/peers/SeedDB.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/peers/SeedDB.java
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ public final class SeedDB implements AlternativeDomainNames {
         try {
 
             pw = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(seedFile)));
-            List<Seed> seedlist = getSeedlist(Integer.MAX_VALUE, addMySeed);
+            List<Seed> seedlist = getSeedlist(Integer.MAX_VALUE, addMySeed, false);
             String line;
             for (Seed seed: seedlist) {
                 line = seed.genSeedStr(null);
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ public final class SeedDB implements AlternativeDomainNames {
         return v;
     }
 
-    public ArrayList<Seed> getSeedlist(int maxcount, boolean addMySeed) {
+    public ArrayList<Seed> getSeedlist(int maxcount, boolean addMySeed, boolean nodeonly) {
         final ArrayList<Seed> v = new ArrayList<Seed>(this.seedActiveDB.size() + 1000);
  
         // store own peer seed
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ public final class SeedDB implements AlternativeDomainNames {
         Iterator<Seed> se = this.seedsConnected(true, false, null, (float) 0.0);
         while (se.hasNext() && v.size() < maxcount) {
             ys = se.next();
-            if (ys != null) v.add(ys);
+            if (ys != null && (!nodeonly || ys.getFlagRootNode())) v.add(ys);
         }
 
         // store some of the not-so-old passive peer seeds (limit: 1 day)
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ public final class SeedDB implements AlternativeDomainNames {
         final long timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() - (1000L * 60L * 60L * 24L);
         while (se.hasNext() && v.size() < maxcount) {
             ys = se.next();
-            if (ys != null && ys.getLastSeenUTC() >= timeout) v.add(ys);
+            if (ys != null && ys.getLastSeenUTC() >= timeout && (!nodeonly || ys.getFlagRootNode())) v.add(ys);
         }
 
         final StringBuilder encoded = new StringBuilder(1024);