On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 04:06:41PM +0100, Peter Clapham wrote: > Another alternative would be to use inet_pton which rejects octal ?
that has been discussed to some extend, the problem is it will reject some currently used valid addresses and therefore might break bootup of existing installations, which i prefer not to do. Of course it can be added to the manpage, and maybe also add an parser to detect missformed addresses... not sure how reliable this is possible. Gruss Bernd -- (OO) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ( .. ) [EMAIL PROTECTED],linux.de,debian.org} http://www.eckes.org/ o--o 1024D/E383CD7E [EMAIL PROTECTED] v:+497211603874 f:+49721151516129 (O____O) When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
