[Qt-interest] QtWebKit and IPv6

[Constantin Makshin]

Thanks for the information, Thiago.

On Tuesday 24 May 2011 06:59:02 Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On Tuesday, 24 de May de 2011 14:28:40 Constantin Makshin wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > It seems that QtWebKit has some problems with IPv6 literal URLs (e.g.
> > "http://[2001:4998:0:6::17]:80"). To check this, you need an IPv6 address
> > and open "http://test-ipv6.com" in a QtWebKit-based browser like Arora or
> > compile and run the attached example application — 6th test ("Test IPv6
> > without DNS" — "connecting with a literal IPv6 hexadecimal address") fails,
> > and if you try to follow that test's link or open its URL
> > ("http://[2001:4998:0:6::18]:80/ip/?callback=?") directly, you'll get a
> > "400 Bad Request" server error message.
> > 
> > I've also attached two screenshots with Arora:
> > 1) at "http://test-ipv6.com" results description page;
> > 2) "400 Bad Request" error at
> > "http://[2001:4998:0:6::18]:80/ip/?callback=?".
> > 
> > Doesn't anyone know whether this is an upstream WebKit or QtWebKit-specific
> > bug? It's definitely not a QUrl's failure because QUrl treats literal IPv6
> > addresses as valid.
> 
> Hi Constantin
> 
> I think we found that bug last week and were working towards fixing it.
> 
> See 
> http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/staging/commit/fd043eb78212de5935bc101624818070e1b4fb1b
> 
> the commented lines 2361 and 2362. QNetworkAccessManager is sending an invalid 
> "Host:" header, which is what causes the 400 Bad Request reply.
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