#1024727 Firefox does not support ipv6 link-local addresses

Package:
firefox-esr
Source:
firefox-esr
Description:
Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR)
Submitter:
Thorsten Glaser
Date:
2024-04-25 17:39:10 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1024727#5
Date:
2022-11-23 23:06:06 UTC
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see attached screenshot
#1024727#10
Date:
2022-11-23 23:48:24 UTC
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Try removing that %eth0 from the ipv6 address.
#1024727#15
Date:
2022-11-24 00:00:07 UTC
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Mike Hommey dixit:

That would invalidate said address and is therefore impossible.

It works in lynx, if knowing that helps.

bye,
//mirabilos

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... pine-User, und das auch noch gewohnheitsmäßig ("Oooooooohhh").  [aus dasr]
#1024727#20
Date:
2022-11-24 00:22:54 UTC
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Why would it? Is your setup so complex that the network stack can't find
the right interface to send packets through?

Mike
#1024727#25
Date:
2022-11-24 01:08:19 UTC
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Mike Hommey dixit:

It’s a link-local address. These do by definition need the interface
specified because they aren’t global.

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

bye,
//mirabilos
#1024727#30
Date:
2022-11-24 01:39:59 UTC
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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

and yet e.g. ping6 is happy with just the IP without the zone-id.
- 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
#1024727#41
Date:
2022-11-24 02:17:54 UTC
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Mike Hommey dixit:

That’s the point of this bugreport. It works in lynx, but lynx
was not sufficient to configure this picky network device. The
link-local IP address was the only way to reach it without a
full factory reset, due to… reasons. This cost quite some effort.

bye,
//mirabilos

PS: And the % is unencoded.