Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-25 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-12-25 21:38:48 +, Colin Watson wrote: > I was under the impression that it was conventional even if not required > to reserve host zero in a given subnet to identify the network itself, > to avoid confusion of networks with hosts. I thought for this reason 1.0.0.0 could be detected as

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 07:40:24PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Colin Watson: [Please don't remove attributions. Vincent Lefevre wrote this bit.] > >> [*] 1.0.0.0 isn't even a valid IP address, is it? > > > > Depends on the situation. You wouldn't want to give a host that > > address, > > Why

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-25 Thread Florian Weimer
* Colin Watson: >> [*] 1.0.0.0 isn't even a valid IP address, is it? > > Depends on the situation. You wouldn't want to give a host that > address, Why not? Subnet zero is no longer reserved. The whole /8 is currently not assigned, but that's a different matter. > but it might be quite reasona

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-24 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-12-24 21:48:18 +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 05:01:28PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 03:37:39PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Have you considered asking your router vendor for a firmware > > > upgrade? It sounds like a straightforward b

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 02:31:33AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-12-24 21:48:18 +, Colin Watson wrote: > > No idea; I reassigned it in case there was a possible workaround (e.g. > > detecting and discarding the bogus replies). > > In particular if the bug in the router is widespread,

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 03:07:51PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-12-24 10:49:32 +, Colin Watson wrote: > > I can't tell for sure from your strace (in future, use -s 1024 so that > > buffers passed to system calls aren't truncated to quite such a short > > length), but your diagnosis s

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-24 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-12-24 10:49:32 +, Colin Watson wrote: > I can't tell for sure from your strace (in future, use -s 1024 so that > buffers passed to system calls aren't truncated to quite such a short > length), but your diagnosis sounds right, and it doesn't sound like > OpenSSH is the appropriate place

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-24 Thread Colin Watson
reassign 457472 glibc thanks On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 01:35:08AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-12-22 17:57:46 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > It seems that Iceweasel has the same problem, as I get a timeout for > > some web sites. But I'm not 100% sure as Iceweasel doesn't display > > t

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-23 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-12-22 17:57:46 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > It seems that Iceweasel has the same problem, as I get a timeout for > some web sites. But I'm not 100% sure as Iceweasel doesn't display > the IP address. And similarly, after using lynx (without any problem) > on the same web site, Iceweasel

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-22 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-12-22 17:24:21 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0. It seems that Iceweasel has the same problem, as I get a timeout for some web sites. But I'm not 100% sure as Iceweasel doesn't display the IP address. And similarly, after using lynx (without any problem) o

Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0

2007-12-22 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Package: openssh-client Version: 1:4.6p1-7 Severity: normal ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0. For instance, with the -v option, I get: debug1: Connecting to ssh.ens-lyon.fr [1.0.0.0] port 22. debug1: Connecting to login.medicis.polytechnique.fr [1.0.0.0] port 22. However, if I first try some