Not ideal; but I guess it'll have to do for now.

On Sat, Apr 14, 2018, at 3:56 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 04/05/18 16:38, Lee wrote:
> > On 4/5/18, Keith Mendoza  wrote:
> >> So again, at what point do we stop adding code to net-snmp because
> >> ISP's are messing around as if they're doing us a favor by letting us
> >> use their services?
> > 
> > Since people don't read the docs, how about adding a test to see if
> > dns is borked; if it is link to a faq entry for possible ways to fix
> > it.
> > 
> > verizon 'opt out of dns assistance' link:
> >    
> > https://www.verizon.com/support/residential/internet/home-network/settings/opt-out-of-dns-assist
> 
> How about the patch below? With this patch applied Net-SNMP developers can
> make the tests pass easily by setting the NETSNMP_DNS_WORKAROUND environment
> variable before running the tests and normal operation of snmpd is not
> affected.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bart.
> 
> 
> 
> Subject: [PATCH] snmplib: Avoid that test T070com2sec_simple fails due 
> to DNS filtering
> 
> ---
>  snmplib/system.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/snmplib/system.c b/snmplib/system.c
> index d7f06f74087f..28b832352247 100644
> --- a/snmplib/system.c
> +++ b/snmplib/system.c
> @@ -762,6 +762,24 @@ netsnmp_validator_context(void)
>  int
>  netsnmp_gethostbyname_v4(const char* name, in_addr_t *addr_out)
>  {
> +    if (getenv("NETSNMP_DNS_WORKAROUND")) {
> +        /*
> +         * A hack that avoids that T070com2sec_simple fails due to the 
> DNS
> +         * client filtering out 127.0.0.x addresses and/or redirecting 
> DNS
> +         * resolution failures to a web page.
> +         */
> +        if (strcmp(name, "onea.net-snmp.org") == 0) {
> +            *addr_out = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
> +            return 0;
> +        } else if (strcmp(name, "twoa.net-snmp.org") == 0) {
> +            *addr_out = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK + 1);
> +            return 0;
> +        } else if (strcmp(name, "no.such.address.") == 0) {
> +            return -1;
> +        }
> +    }
> +
> +    {
>  #if HAVE_GETADDRINFO
>      struct addrinfo *addrs = NULL;
>      struct addrinfo hint;
> @@ -826,6 +844,7 @@ netsnmp_gethostbyname_v4(const char* name, in_addr_t 
> *addr_out)
>  #else /* HAVE_GETIPNODEBYNAME */
>      return -1;
>  #endif
> +    }
>  }
>  
>  int
> 
> 
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Thanks,
Keith (pantherse)

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