- From: Larry Masinter <LM@att.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:34:08 -0700
- To: "HTTP Working Group" <http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Following RFC 2732 & integrating with HTTP 1.1: > > The problem I have is in the Host field in the HTTP 1.1 header > > > > It says: > > > > Host hostname > > > > or > > > > Host hostname:port > > > > If hostname is an IPv6 literal address, then there is an ambiguity due > > the colon > > > > example: > > > > Host 3ffe::1:8080 > > > > Does this mean hostname is 3ffe::1 and port 8080 or hostname > > 3ffe::1:8080 and default port 80 ? > > > > The only way to remove the ambiguity is to make the use of [ ] around > > the IPv6 > > literal address madatory. Such as: > > > > Host [3ffe::1]:8080 > > > > or > > > > Host [3ffe::1:8080] > > > > > > We ran into this problem at Connectathon 2000.
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