bin/53560: logging domain names in wtmp is retarded
David Muir Sharnoff
muir at idiom.com
Fri Jun 20 10:30:18 PDT 2003
>Number: 53560
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: logging domain names in wtmp is retarded
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jun 20 10:30:16 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: David Muir Sharnoff
>Release: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Idiom
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD idiom.com 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #15: Thu Apr 10 13:51:32 PDT 2003 muir at staid.idiom.com:/build/obj/build/src/sys/IDIOM i386
The fully qualified domain name is logged in wtmp. The FQDN often
doesn't fit and has no guarantee of accuracy.
>Description:
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Log the domain name if it fits and the reverse matches the
forward. Otherwise log the IP address.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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