---
title: 'TIL: literal ipv6 in URLs'
date: 2022-04-28T01:14:00Z
slug: literal-ipv6-in-urls
tags:
- networking
- TIL
---

TIL from [RFC2732](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt) that the way you
access an ipv6 address in a browser is by enclosing it in square brackets
`http://[2401:4900:f00b:dead:2f2d:48ac:9fdb:b7ff]:8080/path/file.txt`