From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: hjl@valinux.com (H.J. Lu)
To: geoffk@ozemail.com.au (Geoff Keating)
Cc: libc-hacker@sourceware.cygnus.com (GNU C Library)
Subject: Re: A patch for libresolv
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:26:00 -0000
Message-id: <19991012002642.323523FC1@valinux.com>
References: <199910120019.KAA00686@gluttony.geoffk.wattle.id.au>
X-SW-Source: 1999-10/msg00044.html

> 
> > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:11:15 -0700 (PDT)
> > Cc: libc-hacker@sourceware.cygnus.com (GNU C Library)
> > From: hjl@valinux.com (H.J. Lu)
> 
> > I need to be able to set RES_INSECURE1/RES_INSECURE2 in
> > /etc/resolv.conf and via an environment variable.
> 
> You've considered the security issues involved in this, and you're
> sure it's OK to put it in everyone's glibc?
> 

They are off by default. You have to turn them on by hand in
/etc/resolv.conf or via an environment variable. They are a few
sites on the Internet which rerquires them. I'd like to be able
to do

# RES_OPTS=insecure2 foobar

What is the problem with that? Are you suggesting we should check

# rm -rf /dev

now?


-- 
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)