Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 20:09:58 -0700 From: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>, Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@gmail.com> Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r361143 - head/release/tools Message-ID: <D95D90BA-F646-40EE-83E7-2FDA697DAB88@panasas.com> In-Reply-To: <a139f2cc-af4b-c2f8-f9c3-96eebff1be6e@freebsd.org> References: <202005172155.04HLt07J036230@repo.freebsd.org> <CAPjTQNGakmfGtR2%2BxJ62YTRooDNG8=q=hThPyksTyf99F8Ybgg@mail.gmail.com> <a139f2cc-af4b-c2f8-f9c3-96eebff1be6e@freebsd.org>
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-----Original Message----- From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Date: 2020-05-17, Sunday at 18:30 To: Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@gmail.com> Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r361143 - head/release/tools > On 2020-05-17 16:48, Oliver Pinter wrote: >> On Sunday, May 17, 2020, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org >> <mailto:cperciva@freebsd.org>> wrote: >> +REGION=`fetch -qo- >> http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone >> <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? > > That's a magic IP address which connects to the EC2 "instance metadata > service". It doesn't actually go out over the network. A comment would be appreciated, e.g. "Amazon uses this link-local address for the EC2 instance metadata service" Thanks, Ravi (rpokala@) > -- > Colin Percival > Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve > Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
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