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bug #66304: removing validation of host name of remote archive

Submitter:	None
Submitted:	Tue 08 Oct 2024 08:09:44 AM UTC


Category:	None	Severity:	3 - Normal
Item Group:	None	Status:	In Progress
Privacy:	Public	Assigned to:	gray
Open/Closed:	Open

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Tue 08 Oct 2024 08:09:44 AM UTC, original submission:

Version 1.35 validates host part of remote archive (e.g. host:/path/archive) with gethostbyname().
This is inappropriate when the host is a name defined in .ssh/config, which is not in the hosts database.
It also fails if the host is IPv6-only.

I don't think validating host is possible here.
I'd propose removing the validation.

Thanks,

Anonymous

(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)

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file #56485: tar-1.35-nohostvalidate.patch added by None (592B - application/octet-stream)

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2024-10-08	None	Attached File	-	Added tar-1.35-nohostvalidate.patch, #56485

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bug #66304: removing validation of host name of remote archive

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