RES_INSECURE2 and OpenBSD's libresolv
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Jun 18 23:51:36 UTC 2002
> Can somebody explain toy me what exactly RES_INSECURE2 does? I had a
> setup where I needed to enable option insecure2 in /etc/resolv.conf
> (OpenBSD 3.1) in order for applications like ftp anf telnet to resolve
> CNAMEs.
>
> Without insecure2 the machine could not resolve CNAMEs, with it could.
> So how does this option affrects resolving?
Well if you need RES_INSECURE2 then your nameserver need to be
upgraded.
RES_INSECURE2 checks that the name in the answer matches
that in the query.
Mark
> --
> #include <std/disclaimer.h> /* adamo at engineer.com */
>
--
Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org
More information about the bind-users
mailing list