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Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools

I was helping a beginner with his Feisty system.  I kept getting a
temporary file creation error from gpg regarding some bizarre URL when I
tried to add a repo using apt-key.  It took a while before I noticed the
rather obvious problem - his hostname was a URL and gpg uses the
hostname in the file name.  I suspect he misunderstood the purpose of
the hostname box in network-admin and entered the URL to his ISP.
Apparently the app doesn't check an entered hostname for blatantly
invalid names like "http://hostname.com";.

** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
         Status: Incomplete

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network-admin doesn't perform hostname data validation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163720
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