forwarded 1024727 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=700999
title 1024727 Firefox does not support ipv6 link-local addresses with 
severity 1024727 normal
thanks

On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 01:08:19AM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Mike Hommey dixit:
> 
> >> >Try removing that %eth0 from the ipv6 address.
> >> 
> >> That would invalidate said address and is therefore impossible.
> >
> >Why would it? Is your setup so complex that the network stack can't find
> >the right interface to send packets through?
> 
> It’s a link-local address. These do by definition need the interface
> specified because they aren’t global.

and yet e.g. ping6 is happy with just the IP without the zone-id.

> Please do read up on IPv6 basics when commenting on IPv6 specifics…

Here's some reading for yourself:
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=700999#c17
- https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27234#c2

Neither Chromium nor Firefox currently implement RFC6874.

Mike

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