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From: Paul Traina <pst@jnx.com>
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Subject: bin/1400: getnetbyname() for DNS network resolution is violently broken
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>Number:         1400
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       libc/net/getnetbydns.c needs an enema
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul 18 18:00:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Paul Traina
>Organization:
Juniper Networks, Inc.
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

FreeBSD 2.2 current and previous versions

>Description:

_getnetbydnsname() in the standard library doesn't even begin to do the
right thing.  It needs to be rewritten from scratch, so that it behaves
more like _gethostbydnsname().

>How-To-Repeat:

Try to use -net <my-net> -mask <my-mask> conventions in /etc/exports if
dns is before bind in /etc/host.conf.

In fact, /etc/host.conf should really be split into multiple files or
we should follow the sun hack of:

	host:	hosts, dns, yp
	net:	hosts, yp

in their file.

>Fix:
	
On its way...
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: