Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 22:05:24 +0430 (AFT) From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: conf/60106: /etc/hosts mentions AfriNIC which does not exist yet Message-ID: <20031209173524.989DF9AD0@fetiche.sources.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200312100740.hBA7eKFc082648@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 60106 >Category: conf >Synopsis: /etc/hosts mentions AfriNIC which does not exist yet >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 09 23:40:17 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Stephane Bortzmeyer >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE i386 >Organization: AFNIC >Environment: System: FreeBSD fetiche.sources.org 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jun 5 02:55:42 GMT 2003 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: /etc/hosts, as installed by FreeBSD, says: # In case you want to be able to connect to the Internet, you need # real official assigned numbers. Do not try to invent your own network # numbers but instead get one from your network provider (if any) or # from your regional registry (ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, RIPE NCC, or AfriNIC.) AfriNIC does not distribute IP addresses yet. Several people doubt it will be able to do it in the near future. In any case, the advice is quite premature. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: I suggest not to mention the RIR at all since they do not serve the end-user, anyway. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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