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Fix paragraph describing ZONE-UI based on feedback from Brian Carpenter
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DavidSchinazi committed Feb 21, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -198,14 +198,14 @@ did not address the fact that browsers were not willing to start such a complex
implementation effort given the small usage it was expected to receive. That
document failed to achieve consensus and was not published.

Later, another attempt was made to allow Web browsers to communicate via IPv6
link-local addresses: {{?DRAFT-ZONE-UI=I-D.draft-carpenter-6man-zone-ui-01}}.
In this attempt, the zone identifier is no longer encoded in the URI. Instead,
client applications are requested to offer UI to allow selecting the zone
identifier. While that document does not mention the Web or browsers directly,
its publication could be used to help convince browsers to implement support
for IPv6 link-local addresses. Similarly, this proposal does not seem to be
gaining support from browser vendors.
Later, an attempt was made to address the generic question of how users can
input IPv6 link-local addresses into software interfaces
{{?DRAFT-ZONE-UI=I-D.draft-carpenter-6man-zone-ui-01}}. In this model, the zone
identifier is considered independently of the IPv6 address itself. In the case
of Web browsers, the zone identifier would not be considered part of a URI.
However, this does not in itself resolve all the difficulties in considering
the zone identifier as part of the Web security model, as described in the next
section.

# Handling IPv6 Link-Local Addresses in Web Browsers

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