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Re: AI_SECURE_CANONNAME, AI_CANONNAME_SEARCH_* (Re: getaddrinfo() and searching)

2007-10-01 21:24:47
Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
I've recently concluded that we need an extension to getaddrinfo() along
these lines, but I'm looking for somewhat tighter and more generic
semantics.

My proposal is to add an AI_SECURE_CANONNAME flag with the following
semantics:
        
    do not try to implement policy into applications.  you will end up
    forced to (?) rewrite every existing applications.
  
      
perhaps, but having the policy be application-independent doesn't make
sense either.
    
     it can be application-specific, without application modification.
     check out "systrace" by Niels Provos.
    
it's useful but it really isn't flexible enough to remove the need for
applications to be able to specify policies.

Keith


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