From 9ad552df64b1de224e452d7d788f3b3473dbf945 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Nikola=20Forr=C3=B3?= Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:00:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] host.conf.5: remove description of never-implemented spoof options --- man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 | 63 +------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 62 deletions(-) diff --git a/man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 b/man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 index c85fefe..3f24518 100644 --- a/man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 +++ b/man-pages/man5/host.conf.5 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ contains configuration information specific to the resolver library. It should contain one configuration keyword per line, followed by appropriate configuration information. The keywords recognized are -.IR trim ", " multi ", " nospoof ", " spoof ", and " reorder . +.IR trim ", " multi ", and " reorder . These keywords are described below. .TP .I trim @@ -68,52 +68,6 @@ This is by default, as it may cause a substantial performance loss at sites with large hosts files. .TP -.I nospoof -Valid values are -.IR on " and " off . -If set to -.IR on , -the resolv+ library will attempt to prevent hostname spoofing to -enhance the security of -.BR rlogin " and " rsh . -It works as follows: after performing a host address lookup, resolv+ -will perform a hostname lookup for that address. -If the two hostnames -do not match, the query will fail. -The default value is -.IR off . -.TP -.I spoofalert -Valid values are -.IR on " and " off . -If this option is set to -.I on -and the -.I nospoof -option is also set, resolv+ will log a warning of the error via the -syslog facility. -The default value is -.IR off . -.TP -.I spoof -Valid values are -.IR off ", " nowarn " and " warn . -If this option is set to -.IR off , -spoofed addresses are permitted and no warnings will be emitted -via the syslog facility. -If this option is set to -.IR warn , -resolv+ will attempt to prevent hostname spoofing to -enhance the security and log a warning of the error via the syslog -facility. -If this option is set to -.IR nowarn , -the resolv+ library will attempt to prevent hostname spoofing to -enhance the security but not emit warnings via the syslog facility. -Setting this option to anything else is equal to setting it to -.IR nowarn . -.TP .I reorder Valid values are .IR on " and " off . @@ -135,15 +89,6 @@ override the behavior which is configured in If set this variable points to a file that should be read instead of .IR /etc/host.conf . .TP -.B RESOLV_SPOOF_CHECK -Overrides the -.IR nospoof ", " spoofalert " and " spoof -commands in the same way as the -.I spoof -command is parsed. -Valid values are -.IR off ", " nowarn " and " warn . -.TP .B RESOLV_MULTI Overrides the .I multi @@ -178,12 +123,6 @@ Resolver configuration file Local hosts database .SH NOTES The following differences exist compared to the original implementation. -A new command -.I spoof -and a new environment variable -.B RESOLV_SPOOF_CHECK -can take arguments like -.IR off ", " nowarn " and " warn . Line comments can appear anywhere and not only at the beginning of a line. .SH SEE ALSO .BR gethostbyname (3), -- 2.17.1