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

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

On 03/09/2015 08:59 AM, Stéphane Aulery wrote:
> 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 ?

Best to keep a note that they exist, but do nothing.

Cheers,

Michael


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