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Re: getaddrinfo security problem ?


Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> writes:

> Ok, I removed the gaih_local code complete, AF_UNIX is now not longer
> supported by getaddrinfo and we don't have the security problems
> with sockets in /tmp.

I've basically applied the patch.  But instead of removing the code
I've #ifdef'ed it out.  For documentation purposes and in case
somebody comes up with a way it can be made useful in a save way.

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