Re: Bug#773443: host.conf.5: spoof deprecated ?

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Hello Stéphane

On 03/08/2015 02:05 PM, Stéphane Aulery wrote:
> ** COPY OF GLIBC BUGZILLA #18091 FOR INFORMATION **
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18091
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> Hello,
> 
> A Debian user reported that [1]:
> 
>> spoof* keywords (nospoof, spoofalert, spoof) are here from 1996,
>> they are still valid keywords but do not have any effect apparently,
>> no libraries or tools use them
>>
>> it is misleading to see references to resolv+ and rlogin, the keywords
>> are just ignored these days; the only meaning they have is that they
>> are
>> allowed by host.conf syntax
> 
> 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.

I had a quick grep in the glibc source code.

It appears that you (and the reporter) are correct. (Even back in 
glibc 2.1, things look the same).

A patch would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Michael

PS For reports like this, when you've checked things, it would speed 
things a little to note how you deduced your info (e.g., reference 
to source file and function).



> 
> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773443



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