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From: Ken Milmore <ken.milmore@gmail.com>
To: kernel-tls-handshake@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] tlshd_handshake_parms: Use an empty string, instead of "unknown", for the default value of peername.
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 18:43:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1f1e31ce-84fd-4db8-8873-68ba69019f67@gmail.com> (raw)

"unknown" could conceivably be a valid hostname.

Signed-off-by: Ken Milmore <ken.milmore@gmail.com>
---
 src/tlshd/log.c     | 6 +++++-
 src/tlshd/netlink.c | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tlshd/log.c b/src/tlshd/log.c
index 3594d52..77e2d29 100644
--- a/src/tlshd/log.c
+++ b/src/tlshd/log.c
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ void tlshd_log_success(const char *hostname, const struct sockaddr *sap,
 	char buf[NI_MAXHOST];
 
 	getnameinfo(sap, salen, buf, sizeof(buf), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
-	syslog(LOG_INFO, "Handshake with %s (%s) was successful\n",
+	if (hostname[0] == '\0')
+		hostname = "<unknown>";
+	syslog(LOG_INFO, "Handshake with '%s' (%s) was successful\n",
 		hostname, buf);
 }
 
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ void tlshd_log_failure(const char *hostname, const struct sockaddr *sap,
 		char buf[NI_MAXHOST];
 
 		getnameinfo(sap, salen, buf, sizeof(buf), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
+		if (hostname[0] == '\0')
+			hostname = "<unknown>";
 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Handshake with '%s' (%s) failed\n",
 		       hostname, buf);
 	} else
diff --git a/src/tlshd/netlink.c b/src/tlshd/netlink.c
index ce8e981..0f4a797 100644
--- a/src/tlshd/netlink.c
+++ b/src/tlshd/netlink.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void tlshd_parse_certificate(struct tlshd_handshake_parms *parms,
 		parms->x509_privkey = nla_get_s32(tb[HANDSHAKE_A_X509_PRIVKEY]);
 }
 
-static char tlshd_peername[NI_MAXHOST] = "unknown";
+static char tlshd_peername[NI_MAXHOST] = "";
 static struct sockaddr_storage tlshd_peeraddr = { 0 };
 
 static int tlshd_genl_valid_handler(struct nl_msg *msg, void *arg)
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ static int tlshd_genl_valid_handler(struct nl_msg *msg, void *arg)
 				  NULL, 0, NI_NAMEREQD);
 		if (err) {
 			tlshd_log_gai_error(err);
+			tlshd_peername[0] = '\0';
 			return NL_STOP;
 		}
 	}
-- 
2.47.2


             reply	other threads:[~2025-06-08 17:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-06-08 17:43 Ken Milmore [this message]
2025-06-08 18:14 ` [PATCH 3/7] tlshd_handshake_parms: Use an empty string, instead of "unknown", for the default value of peername Chuck Lever

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