JDK-4864907 : Support for scoped IPv6 addresses
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.net
  • Affected Version: 1.4.0
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: unknown
  • Submitted: 2003-05-15
  • Updated: 2017-05-19
  • Resolved: 2003-05-15
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Description
We need to support scoped IPv6 addresses in Inet6Address as defined in draft-ietf-ipngwg-scoping-arch-04.txt.

The Windows IPv6 implementation and the Linux IPv6 implementations support it
already. It will also be supported by Solaris 10.

Scoped IPv6 addresses are used for non-global addresses, and are basically
used to specify to which interface a non-global address applies.