From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?B?U3TDqXBoYW5l?= Aulery Subject: Re: Bug#773443: host.conf.5: spoof deprecated ? Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 08:59:13 +0100 Message-ID: <20150309075913.GA1341@free.fr> References: <20150308130510.GA3004@free.fr> <54FD4A19.2030203@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54FD4A19.2030203-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Cc: 773443-61a8vm9lEZVf4u+23C9RwQ@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Le lundi 09 mars 2015 =C3=A0 08:22:01, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) a =C3= =A9crit : > Hello St=C3=A9phane >=20 > On 03/08/2015 02:05 PM, St=C3=A9phane Aulery wrote: > > ** COPY OF GLIBC BUGZILLA #18091 FOR INFORMATION ** > > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D18091 > >=20 > > ----------------------------------------------------- > >=20 > > Hello, > >=20 > > A Debian user reported that [1]: > >=20 > >> spoof* keywords (nospoof, spoofalert, spoof) are here from 1996, > >> they are still valid keywords but do not have any effect apparentl= y, > >> no libraries or tools use them > >> > >> it is misleading to see references to resolv+ and rlogin, the keyw= ords > >> are just ignored these days; the only meaning they have is that th= ey > >> are > >> allowed by host.conf syntax > >=20 > > The glibc source code seems to confirm that the keywords nospoof, > > spoofalert and spoof are accepted but without effects. I could find > > nothing in the changelog. Could you please confirm that they are > > obsolete? I could correct the man page accordingly. >=20 > I had a quick grep in the glibc source code. >=20 > It appears that you (and the reporter) are correct. (Even back in=20 > glibc 2.1, things look the same). >=20 > A patch would be appreciated! Eventually, I may check others values too. Do you to want to drop obsolete values or add a note ? Cheers, --=20 St=C3=A9phane Aulery -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html