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

["Stéphane Aulery" <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>]

Le lundi 09 mars 2015 à 08:22:01, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) a écrit :
> 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!

Eventually, I may check others values too.
Do you to want to drop obsolete values or add a note ?

Cheers,

-- 
Stéphane Aulery
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