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Date:      Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:42:44 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Ed Maste <emaste@phaedrus.sandvine.ca>
Subject:   Re: inet_pton and oddly-formatted addresses
Message-ID:  <20070120214052.U82671@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>
In-Reply-To: <yged559v3y8.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>
References:  <20070120192807.GA1326@sandvine.com> <yged559v3y8.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>

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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote:

> Hi,
>
>>>>>> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:28:07 -0500
>>>>>> Ed Maste <emaste@phaedrus.sandvine.ca> said:
>
> emaste> I think an address like 1.002.3.4 is bizarre, but is our inet_pton incorrect
> emaste> in rejecting it?
>
> The change was taken from BIND9.  The following is from BIND9's
> CHANGES:
>
> 	 935.	[bug]		inet_pton failed to reject leading zeros.


well, maybe they were wrong? How does one get in contact with their
bugs database these days? Is comp.protocols.dns.bind still a good
place to discuss these things?

-- 
Bjoern A. Zeeb				bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT



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