From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98DC1138825 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:39:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA460E08F9; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:39:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A7E07E088C for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:39:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA5AD33FEDE for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:39:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.726 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.726 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.568, BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.594, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Dkzex6cVPlTg for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A0A833BF49 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XmR1R-00016I-BT for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:39:01 +0100 Received: from 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net ([67.130.15.94]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:39:01 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:39:01 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] [OT] Browser support for IPv6 Link-Local: oh, the shame... Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:38:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: cb19caad-22a8-4d5c-99b7-db087bd3f6ef X-Archives-Hash: 04438b7b545f9b63f22c4e9dfc529198 I just found out that Firefox recently _removed_ support for IPv6 link-local addresses. It was a very useful feature -- at least to me -- but it wasn't required by law, so they removed it. Yes, that's _actually_ what the devs said in the thread I found. AFAICT, chrome has never supported it. Links doesn't. w3m doesn't. Internet Explorer does. Oh, the shame... You'd think with a nice geeky feature like that, it would be the other way around: supported by firefox/chrome/links/w3m but not by IE. Of course the _way_ that Microsoft supports it using some meaningless numerical index as the zone identifier is rather half-arsed compared to the interface names you use on Linux, but at least it _works_ in IE. [For those of you keeping score, curl does support IPv6 link-local addresses, so it's not a shutout.] Now that RFC6874 is standards-track, I assume Firefox devs will be forced (against their will, apparently) to put that feature back in. Hopefully Chrome, w3m, links, et alia will follow suite. IPv6 link-local addresses are _way_ cool for dealing with embedded devices that have network interfaces. You can actually set them up and use them without having to faff about with dualing DHCP servers, temporarily adding an IP address/route to your laptop/desktop, using proprietary Windows-only widget-management utilities, configuring the thing via serial console, USB port, hardware switches/jumpers, etc. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! at gmail.com