diff --git a/__tests__/door-logic.test.ts b/__tests__/door-logic.test.ts
index 318e5cb..ed44556 100644
--- a/__tests__/door-logic.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/door-logic.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   last4,
   maskCardUid,
   isAlwaysBlockedHost,
+  normalizeHost,
   validateDoorTarget,
   encodeHeatSyncGrant,
   encodeHeatSyncRevoke,
@@ -119,6 +120,41 @@ describe('redactDoorSecrets', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('normalizeHost', () => {
+  it('strips scheme, userinfo, port, path', () => {
+    expect(normalizeHost('192.168.1.50')).toBe('192.168.1.50')
+    expect(normalizeHost('192.168.1.50:8080')).toBe('192.168.1.50')
+    expect(normalizeHost('http://192.168.1.50:8080/door?x=1')).toBe('192.168.1.50')
+    expect(normalizeHost('https://user:pass@door.local/path')).toBe('door.local')
+    expect(normalizeHost('  Door.Local  ')).toBe('door.local')
+  })
+  it('normalizes every IPv6 spelling to the inner address', () => {
+    expect(normalizeHost('[::1]')).toBe('::1')
+    expect(normalizeHost('[::1]:8080')).toBe('::1')
+    expect(normalizeHost('http://[2001:db8::1]/x')).toBe('2001:db8::1')
+    expect(normalizeHost('::1')).toBe('::1')
+    expect(normalizeHost('fe80::1')).toBe('fe80::1')
+  })
+  it('does not strip a trailing dot (distinct host, fails closed)', () => {
+    expect(normalizeHost('door.local.')).toBe('door.local.')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('validateDoorTarget — IPv6 pins', () => {
+  it('matches an IPv6 pin across bracket/scheme/port spellings', () => {
+    expect(validateDoorTarget('http://[::1]/?9&e=1', '::1').ok).toBe(true)
+    expect(validateDoorTarget('http://[::1]:8080/?9&e=1', '[::1]:8080').ok).toBe(true)
+    expect(validateDoorTarget('http://[2001:db8::1]/?9', 'http://[2001:db8::1]/door').ok).toBe(true)
+  })
+  it('still blocks IPv6 metadata / link-local even if pinned', () => {
+    expect(validateDoorTarget('http://[fd00:ec2::254]/latest', 'fd00:ec2::254').ok).toBe(false)
+    expect(validateDoorTarget('http://[fe80::1]/x', 'fe80::1').ok).toBe(false)
+  })
+  it('an IPv4-mapped IPv6 request does not satisfy an IPv4 pin (fails closed)', () => {
+    expect(validateDoorTarget('http://[::ffff:192.168.1.50]/?o1', '192.168.1.50').ok).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('validateDoorTarget — SSRF host-spoof edges', () => {
   it('rejects a userinfo-spoofed host (real host is what after @)', () => {
     // new URL(...).hostname is "evil.com", not the pinned LAN IP -> reject
diff --git a/lib/door-logic.ts b/lib/door-logic.ts
index fd5ba77..ee19900 100644
--- a/lib/door-logic.ts
+++ b/lib/door-logic.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,30 @@ export function isAlwaysBlockedHost(host: string): boolean {
   return false
 }
 
+// Normalize a host for pin comparison. Accepts either a bare hostname/IP or
+// what an admin pasted (scheme, userinfo, port, path, brackets) and reduces
+// it to just the host identity, so the pinned host and the request host
+// compare apples-to-apples. IPv6 is handled: `[::1]`, `[::1]:8080` and
+// `http://[2001:db8::1]/` all normalize to the inner address; a bare IPv6
+// (`fe80::1`) is kept whole (no port concept). Plain `host:port` drops the
+// port. This only strips transport decoration; it never rewrites the host
+// identity, so it cannot widen what the SSRF guard allows (mismatches still
+// fail closed, and `isAlwaysBlockedHost` runs independently).
+export function normalizeHost(input: string): string {
+  let h = input.trim().toLowerCase()
+  h = h.replace(/^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:\/\//, '') // scheme://
+  h = h.replace(/^[^/@]*@/, '')                // userinfo@
+  h = h.split(/[/?#]/)[0]                       // path/query/fragment
+  if (h.startsWith('[')) {
+    const end = h.indexOf(']')
+    return end === -1 ? h.slice(1) : h.slice(1, end) // [ipv6](:port)? -> ipv6
+  }
+  const colons = (h.match(/:/g) ?? []).length
+  if (colons >= 2) return h          // bare IPv6, no port concept
+  if (colons === 1) return h.split(':')[0] // host:port -> host
+  return h
+}
+
 export type DoorTarget =
   | { ok: true; url: string; host: string }
   | { ok: false; reason: string }
@@ -87,10 +111,11 @@ export function validateDoorTarget(rawUrl: string, pinnedHost: string): DoorTarg
   if (u.protocol !== 'http:' && u.protocol !== 'https:') {
     return { ok: false, reason: 'Only http and https are allowed.' }
   }
-  const host = u.hostname.toLowerCase()
-  const pin = pinnedHost.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/^https?:\/\//, '').split('/')[0].split(':')[0]
+  const rawHost = u.hostname.toLowerCase()
+  const host = normalizeHost(rawHost)
+  const pin = normalizeHost(pinnedHost)
   if (!pin) return { ok: false, reason: 'This connection has no pinned host.' }
-  if (isAlwaysBlockedHost(host)) {
+  if (isAlwaysBlockedHost(rawHost) || isAlwaysBlockedHost(host)) {
     return { ok: false, reason: 'That host is blocked (link-local / metadata).' }
   }
   if (host !== pin) {