Bug 24111 - Deprecate inet_addr, inet_aton
Summary: Deprecate inet_addr, inet_aton
Status: NEW
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Product: glibc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: network (show other bugs)
Version: 2.30
: P2 normal
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Reported: 2019-01-21 07:34 UTC by Florian Weimer
Modified: 2019-01-21 07:34 UTC (History)
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Description Florian Weimer 2019-01-21 07:34:30 UTC 
For historic reasons, inet_addr and inet_aton accept trailing characters; see bug 20018.  We cannot change this behavior, but it risks introducing security vulnerabilities into applications.  Applications should use inet_pton or getaddrinfo with AI_NUMERICSHOST instead.