Bug ID: JDK-6543428 BindException when binding to a link-local address on Windows

JDK-6543428 : BindException when binding to a link-local address on Windows

Type: Bug
Component: core-libs
Sub-Component: java.net
Affected Version: 7

Priority: P3
Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
OS: windows_xp
CPU: x86

Submitted: 2007-04-06
Updated: 2012-07-16
Resolved: 2011-03-07

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JDK 6	JDK 7
6u33Fixed	7 b13Fixed

Related Reports

Relates :	JDK-6565001 - Should use non-zero scope_id only for link-local addr
Relates :	JDK-6521974 - DatagramSocket cannot bind to a local IPv6 address on SuSE Linux
Relates :	JDK-6521014 - IOException thrown when Socket tries to bind to an local IPv6 address on SuSE Linux

Description

When binding to a link-local address on Windows, without supplying a scope id in the address, a BindException is thrown.

Comments

EVALUATION Yes, indeed. If its Inet6Address parameter has no scope id, NET_InetAddressToSockaddr() will fill in sin6_scope_id with value zero, which is not going to work.

06-04-2007