Yes, the use-case I had in mind is indeed for automatic configuration, to
be able to communicate with a machine connected via ethernet without
necessarily knowing its current IP configuration (and without requiring a
DHCP server which it may or may not be configured to use). Unlike
link-local IPv4
Am 25.10.2013, 16:44 Uhr, schrieb Chris Hegarty :
Wow, I've been working in this area for more than a decade, and this is
the first bug I've seen on the HttpURLConnection when using URL's with
literal IPv6 addresses.
I guess the interface identifier is just so inherently system specific
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Hi Bruno,
Wow, I've been working in this area for more than a decade, and this is
the first bug I've seen on the HttpURLConnection when using URL's with
literal IPv6 addresses.
That said, I think your points are valid. I created the following bug to
track this issue:
https://bugs.openjdk.
Hello,
I've been trying to use HttpURLConnection to connect to a web server using
its IPv6 link-local address.
There are two issues with this:
- HttpURLConnection work with URLs with the official % syntax (only the
informal one) for the scope ID (normally required for link-local addresses).
I
