From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: Bug#773443: host.conf.5: spoof deprecated ? Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 08:22:01 +0100 Message-ID: <54FD4A19.2030203@gmail.com> References: <20150308130510.GA3004@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150308130510.GA3004-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: =?UTF-8?B?U3TDqXBoYW5lIEF1bGVyeQ==?= , 773443-61a8vm9lEZVf4u+23C9RwQ@public.gmane.org Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hello St=C3=A9phane 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 apparently, >> no libraries or tools use them >> >> it is misleading to see references to resolv+ and rlogin, the keywor= ds >> are just ignored these days; the only meaning they have is that they >> 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. I had a quick grep in the glibc source code. It appears that you (and the reporter) are correct. (Even back in=20 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=20 things a little to note how you deduced your info (e.g., reference=20 to source file and function). >=20 > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D773443 --=20 Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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