Re: Brokenness in parsing of pg_hba.conf - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Brokenness in parsing of pg_hba.conf
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Msg-id 3FFC8065.2030808@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: Brokenness in parsing of pg_hba.conf  (Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be>)
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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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