> 1 - detect the address in the illegal URL and attempt to work with it

How do you decide if 2001::1:1024 is 2001::1 port 1024 or 2001::1:1024, with the default port?

Going this way would mean forcing people using some non-default port to use brackets, while the others are free to bend the rules. This does not seem very fair :)

Thanks,
   Andrei

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