From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Mon May 18 00:38:08 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E30D82FA374; Mon, 18 May 2020 00:38:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpeddiem@gmail.com) Received: from mail-il1-f181.google.com (mail-il1-f181.google.com [209.85.166.181]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49QKqh2m7Nz3gvZ; Mon, 18 May 2020 00:38:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpeddiem@gmail.com) Received: by mail-il1-f181.google.com with SMTP id l20so8194715ilj.10; Sun, 17 May 2020 17:38:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=3qQxVR2o1Zk0Au+G0RAgJCeMA3s4uMmFD8IPZtkVUuc=; b=qx97/0MYBRSEiXaoh8CDUttvBqvhD3aRe3JVw+V7squmf3+vhL1N+EKgMbuBbQP3zl tVSMDPAyvz4Ch2CCbZKBgzxKTyUqDoNyqsJoTi+igQSnY2NEDWocFWLEF7dMjGsYQkGT gIFflMRXhhNifC7a0k2kYEkwr45PpPVKfJZFHdq9DGQP1Era09DhpHN6WeZGnSRCW6a1 1jCSkbKJN+IAMmhyBhDRD/dIw4mj19JBGRzCm0FFqz9nUYXkbb+aM8ZzgeomN9OMnIyD H6scubUjjjjBWfNrX1owjRqY1VoJ4LjoD9EXe41jrMm3A/26b1JtgklS9EJ24VaQYUKZ owAw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5332MddT1TxHfAckAiVwPw3sBf+rIi8GK3Ek4/2IucgkiaRD73jO lpqLXQZLGqg1M8EGsCZzf11V4/2RZnK03rxZZ0WMilWDcZ4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwBAstkN2OKZInwLwHOo5sACpcXhzJlgQXjmpwx4R8WnDq6UelFZUugcNaURVPF2tJ/taKfnz4WaZUWDXfJHK8= X-Received: by 2002:a92:c952:: with SMTP id i18mr14677635ilq.100.1589762286203; Sun, 17 May 2020 17:38:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202005172155.04HLt07J036230@repo.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: From: Ed Maste Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 20:37:54 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r361143 - head/release/tools To: Conrad Meyer Cc: Oliver Pinter , "src-committers@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49QKqh2m7Nz3gvZ X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:209.85.128.0/17, country:US] X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 00:38:09 -0000 On Sun, 17 May 2020 at 20:24, Conrad Meyer wrote: > > On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 4:49 PM Oliver Pinter wrote: > > On Sunday, May 17, 2020, Colin Percival wrote: > >> +# Provide instructions on how to mount the requested filesystem. > >> +FS=$1 > >> +REGION=`fetch -qo- http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone | sed -e 's/[a-z]$//'` > > > > > > What will be this hard-coded ip address without any verification or at least https? > > It's a special non-routable IP that is used in at least AWS and Azure > to provide some VM services. Traffic to and from it never leaves the > virtual overlay network, which by design VM instances already trust to > provide privacy. It doesn't require functioning DNS to access the raw > IP. And, more information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address