> From: openssl-users <openssl-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of perumal v > Sent: Monday, 2 November, 2020 07:57 > I tried openssl ocsp for ipv6 and got the error message for the OCSP. > openssl ocsp -url http://[2001:DB8:64:FF9B:0:0:A0A:285E]:8090/ocsp-100/ -issuer ... > Error creating connect BIO > 140416130504448:error:20088081:BIO routines:BIO_parse_hostserv:ambiguous host or > service:crypto/bio/b_addr.c:547: A quick look at the code suggests this is a bug in OpenSSL. OCSP_parse_url removes the square brackets from a literal IPv6 address in the URL, but BIO_parse_hostserv requires they be present. But I didn't look closely, so I'm not entirely sure that's the issue. > IPv6 address without the "[]" bracket. The square brackets are required by the URL specification. There's no point testing without them. -- Michael Wojcik
