And another fail. It appears my cloud will not allow me to add a literal address to my server so maybe it doesn't/won't work. It doesn't really bother me as I don't think my intended visitors even know what an IP address (v4 or V6) is! And that one that does will just call me.
Thanks! On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 1:47 PM, David Forrest < [email protected]> wrote: > It is possible that the server at the literal address uses the virtual > name to serve the page from that address. I do so in an IPv6 enabled cloud > machine. Since the name I wanted served is by a server that serves several > sites depending on the name, trying to do what you asked resulted in me > getting the default page per my server config. Now I'll go back and add > the literal address as a separate virtual name. Thanks for bringing my > config error to my attention as I had intended that server to serve it and > had only put up the dns entry to tell it to go there. Others may have done > so also and if so, you'd get their default page. > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Clinton Work <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I just tried the following scenario via a dual-stack squid proxy and it >> worked fine. I doubt you will see very many IPV6 literals on web sites. >> >> The chrome browser in this case just passed off the URL "as is" to the >> squid proxy server. >> 1424108320.965 162 127.0.0.1 TCP_MISS/301 646 GET >> http://[2001:470:0:1f9::2]/ >> - HIER_DIRECT/2001:470:0:1f9::2 text/html >> >> The web server redirected the client to http://bgp.he.net/. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Schmoll, Carsten >> Sent: February 16, 2015 10:40 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Question: connect to IPv6 site via http proxy using literal IPv6 >> address? >> >> Dear IPv6 experts, >> >> what is your experience with a situation such as this: >> >> * IPv4-only client in IPv4-only subnet running a web browser >> * this client accesses the Internet via a local HTTP proxy, >> connects to it via IPv4 (of course) >> * the Proxy is dual-stack "on the outside", i.e. can talk v4 and >> v6 towards the Internet >> >> What happens if the user on the client tries to open a web site with a >> literal IPv6 address in the URI? >> Will the URI still get passed to the http proxy "as is" as it would >> happen with URIs that contain a host name? >> Or can/will the client's browser get into trouble in this situation >> (seeing an IPv6 address, but not having IPv6 itself)? >> >> Thanks for enlightenment >> Carsten >> >> >
