(usagi-users 03747) Re: anyone using ftp6 ??

and i will confess to having netbsd using % as well.

open software == open choice ... :-)

Philip Bellino wrote:
> I do in fact have a 5.4 FreeBSD system running that does use the #
> symbol instead of the % symbol. 
>
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> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:47 PM
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> Subject: (usagi-users 03744) Re: anyone using ftp6 ??
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> At Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:19:37 -0400,
> "Philip Bellino" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>   
>> On one of my PCs running Windows XP with the IPv6 stack enabled, I 
>> have to use the actual interface number and enclose it all in
>>     
> brackets:
>   
>>  
>> ftp  [fe80::212:3fff:fe25:2728%4]
>>
>> Each system has it's own quirks.  I think a FreeBSD system may use the
>>     
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>   
>> # symbol instead of the % sign.
>>     
>
> This is not really correct.  BSDs also use '%'.  In fact, it's a
> 'standard' notation defined in RFC4007.
>
> Whether the '%' notation works for ftp is a separate issue, though.
> Since ftp needs to exchange addresses in the application (ftp) data,
> it's inherently unfriendly with scoped addresses such as link-locals.
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