Hello!

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 01:15:53AM -0400, syle wrote:

> Normally how I setup nginx is to proxy php/perl to apache sitting on
> port 81, for ipv6
> its also a proxy pass for perl/php to some upstream local ipv4 address.
>
> For ipv6 when typing in a domain in browser utilizing a ipv6 address all
> works just fine,
> but if I use a IPV6 IP address in the browser I get:
>
> 400 Bad syntax.
>
> this is only for the proxy to apache for php/perl requests.
>
> Can someone look into this issue why number(hex) addresses in browser
> will not work
> while domains going to IPV6 do...

There are some missing parts in ipv6 address parsing in various
places, notably $host will have incorrect value if you use ipv6
address in browser. Most likely it's the issue you're facing.

Maxim Dounin

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