[PATCH] NEWS: Deprecate nss_hesiod

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Mon Jul 27 06:17:08 GMT 2020


* Carlos O'Donell:

> On 7/24/20 10:47 AM, Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha wrote:
>> Storing user databases in DNS, without client-side DNSSEC validation,
>> is problematic from a security point of view.
>
> Hesiod could be handled as an external NSS module.

Indeed, but we'll need a volunteer for that.

> OK for 2.32.
>
> Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>

Thanks, I will give others a day or two to comment on these
deprecations, too.

Florian



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