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Date:      Tue, 23 Nov 1999 05:44:31 +0100 (CET)
From:      assar@stacken.kth.se
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc:        assar@stacken.kth.se
Subject:   bin/15056: gethostbyname complains about SIG RR:s
Message-ID:  <199911230444.FAA98849@mulet.e.kth.se>

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>Number:         15056
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       gethostbyname complains about SIG RR:s
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 22 20:50:01 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Assar Westerlund
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:

FreeBSD-current (and -stable)

(I think this fix should be MFCed)

>Description:

When doing gethostbyname() on a host that has a SIG RR in DNS, the
resolver libraries gets unhappy and logs a complaint about not getting
an A RR.

>How-To-Repeat:

mulet# ping www.s3.kth.se
PING bartender.s3.kth.se (130.237.43.157): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 130.237.43.157: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.883 ms
Nov 23 05:43:17 mulet ping: gethostby*.gethostanswer: asked for "www.s3.kth.se IN A", got type "SIG"

>Fix:

--- gethostbydns.c.orig	Tue Nov 23 05:24:00 1999
+++ gethostbydns.c	Tue Nov 23 05:24:59 1999
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (type != qtype) {
+			if (type != T_KEY && type != T_SIG)
 			syslog(LOG_NOTICE|LOG_AUTH,
 	"gethostby*.gethostanswer: asked for \"%s %s %s\", got type \"%s\"",
 			       qname, p_class(C_IN), p_type(qtype),

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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