1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nanohttp.c b/nanohttp.c
index c3f419f1..ac47ea67 100644
--- a/nanohttp.c
+++ b/nanohttp.c
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ xmlNanoHTTPCleanup(void) {
 static void
 xmlNanoHTTPScanURL(xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt, const char *URL) {
     xmlURIPtr uri;
+    int len;
+
     /*
      * Clear any existing data from the context
      */
@@ -307,7 +309,15 @@ xmlNanoHTTPScanURL(xmlNanoHTTPCtxtPtr ctxt, const char *URL) {
     }
 
     ctxt->protocol = xmlMemStrdup(uri->scheme);
-    ctxt->hostname = xmlMemStrdup(uri->server);
+    /* special case of IPv6 addresses, the [] need to be removed */
+    if ((uri->server != NULL) && (*uri->server == '[')) {
+        len = strlen(uri->server);
+	if ((len > 2) && (uri->server[len - 1] == ']')) {
+	    ctxt->hostname = (char *) xmlCharStrndup(uri->server + 1, len -2);
+	} else
+	    ctxt->hostname = xmlMemStrdup(uri->server);
+    } else
+	ctxt->hostname = xmlMemStrdup(uri->server);
     if (uri->path != NULL)
 	ctxt->path = xmlMemStrdup(uri->path);
     else