The following reply was made to PR general/2117; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David J. MacKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: general/2117: The CIDR syntax support for allow and deny finds the
'/' in comments.
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:07:58 -0700 (PDT)
On 22 Apr 1998, David J. MacKenzie wrote:
> int ap_hostname_syntax(char *s)
> {
> for (; *s; s++) {
> /* Allow : for IPv6. */
> if (!isalnum(*s) && strchr("_-.:", *s) == NULL)
> return 0;
> }
> return 1;
> }
_ isn't valid though... I suppose we could do something like bind does
with it; complain but allow it.
Dean