Date: 30 Aug 2003 16:07:00 +0200 From: "Clemens Fischer" <ino-qc@spotteswoode.de.eu.org> To: "Kelly Yancey" <kbyanc@posi.net> Cc: luigi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostnames resolving problem Message-ID: <ekz3b5ob.fsf@ID-23066.news.dfncis.de> In-Reply-To: <20030829121458.W4705-100000@gateway.posi.net> (Kelly Yancey's message of "Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:18:30 -0700 (PDT)") References: <20030829121458.W4705-100000@gateway.posi.net>
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* Kelly Yancey:
> diff -u -p -r1.4.2.17 ipfw2.c
> --- ipfw2.c 25 Jul 2003 08:23:07 -0000 1.4.2.17
> +++ ipfw2.c 29 Aug 2003 19:14:33 -0000
> @@ -1879,6 +1879,10 @@ lookup_host (char *host, struct in_addr
> if ((he = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL)
> return(-1);
> *ipaddr = *(struct in_addr *)he->h_addr_list[0];
> + if (he->h_addr_list[1] != NULL) {
> + warn("%s resolved to multiple addresses, only using %s",
> + host, inet_ntoa(*ipaddr));
> + }
that would not be my cup of tea, because by this ipfw(8) becomes
"unscriptable", ie. i'd have to grep(1) for messages and start from
scratch again. i guess this problem should be detected and handled
ahead of running ipfw(8). note that you can always use `-p
preprocessor' for this.
clemens
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