Re: Brokenness in parsing of pg_hba.conf

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Postgresql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Brokenness in parsing of pg_hba.conf
Date: 2004-01-07 21:55:49
Message-ID: 3FFC8065.2030808@dunslane.net
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Kurt Roeckx wrote:

>On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 01:58:54PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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>>I read it to mean that abbreviated forms (via inet_addr()) are OK for
>>AF_INET but not for AF_INET6 (via inet_pton())
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>But we use AF_UNSPEC/PF_UNSPEC.
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<mode value="language lawyer">

Even so, as I read it an IP6 address must follow the standard forms set
out under inet_pton(), since that is the ONLY provision made for IP6
addresses.

</mode>

cheers

andrew

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