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Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> How do you specify a link-local ipv6 address in /etc/hosts? |
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> For example, I can ping/telnet/ssh to fe80::02c0:4eff:fe07:0005%eth1, |
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> but I can't figure out how to put that address in /etc/hosts so I can |
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> access it by name. |
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Tried several different approaches, can't get any of them to work. I |
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don't know where the bug is, though. |
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I did find that if I leave off the %iface in /etc/hosts, I get an |
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"invalid argument" error from ping6. I suspect there's a bug in ping6. |
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Working directly and extensively with link-local interfaces is *bound* |
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to reveal a bunch of bugs, because that's not intended SOP in IPv6, you |
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have to be more aware of which link scope you're talking to, and I doubt |
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most developers take it into account. |
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> Similarly, how do you enter an ipv6 link-local address in Firefox or |
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> Opera? curl seems to accept such an address and return the proper web |
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> page, but I can't find any interactive browser (graphical or |
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> command-line) that will accept a link-local address. So far I've |
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> tried Firefox Opera w3m links. According to RFC2732 it looks like the |
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> format should be |
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> http://[fe80::02c0:4eff:fe07:0005%eth1]:80/ |
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> But none of the browsers accept that. |
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That's probably a bug in each browser. |
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