Re: [EXIM] Possible bug in hosts_lookup_nets ?

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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A: Paul Mansfield
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Assumpte: Re: [EXIM] Possible bug in hosts_lookup_nets ?
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Paul Mansfield wrote:

> >          When the daemon starts up, it does a forward lookup on the name 
> >          and saves the IP address. When a connection happens, it 
> >          compares the IP address.

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> this is quite interesting. so if the IP address of a.complete.host.name
> changes, then Exim won't notice. This could be a feature, or a bug?


Indeed. It is a feature or a bug.

> should Exim reload these addresses occasionally?


How often is occasionally? I don't myself think this is a major issue,
but others may wish to argue otherwise.


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