From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Mon May 18 03:10:04 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 446802FD70E; Mon, 18 May 2020 03:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpokala@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49QPC00pMdz46Dr; Mon, 18 May 2020 03:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpokala@freebsd.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (c-98-207-126-143.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [98.207.126.143]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: rpokala) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6BD691C0CB; Mon, 18 May 2020 03:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpokala@freebsd.org) User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/16.37.20051002 Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 20:09:58 -0700 Subject: Re: svn commit: r361143 - head/release/tools From: Ravi Pokala To: Colin Percival , Oliver Pinter CC: "src-committers@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" Message-ID: Thread-Topic: svn commit: r361143 - head/release/tools References: <202005172155.04HLt07J036230@repo.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit 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 03:10:04 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: on behalf of Colin Percival Date: 2020-05-17, Sunday at 18:30 To: Oliver Pinter Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-all@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 > > wrote: >> +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? > > 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