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Re: getaddrinfo with PF_UNSPEC and /etc/hosts


Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:

> Which is why I said it was a hack, a workaround. It does have to do with
> security. If you try to connect to "www.sun.com", and the DNS for a
> domain in your search is hacked,

If your search is hacked anything can happen.  That's no argument.
Again, there is no additional risk.

If you want to see the problem fixed get started on a real solution.
If you'd devote as much time on it as you do promoting hacks you could
be done fairly soon.

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