> > 2. You are probably right in checking to make sure that bumping
> > up that limit of the hostname length would not result in a buffer
> > overflow somewhere downstream.
> > You should probably check that inet_addr() and all other relevant
> > functions define the variables of the type and leng
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:45:51 -0400 (EDT)
Igor wrote:
>
>
> 1. I don't think that the proposed patch by itself would be
> reasonable. Some limit should be imposed.
>
> According to the RFC-1123 (2.1) (circa October 1989),
> "Host software MUST handle host names of up to 63 characters and
>
1. I don't think that the proposed patch by itself would be reasonable.
Some limit should be imposed.
According to the RFC-1123 (2.1) (circa October 1989),
"Host software MUST handle host names of up to 63 characters and
SHOULD handle host names of up to 255 characters."
http://www.ietf.o
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concentrating on at university and, at some point, contribute should my
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