implementation of getaddrinfo() may return NULL ai_canonname.
There is no consensus how getaddrinfo() should fill ai_canonname
when numeric hostname is given.
Reported by: kris
Now when tcp_wrapper is enabled by inetd -wW,
several accesses which should be permitted are refused only for IPv6,
if hostname is used to decide the host to be allowed.
IPv6 users will be just upset.
About security related concern.
-All extensions are wrapped by #ifdef INET6, so people can completely
disable the extension by recompile libwrap without INET6 option.
-Access via IPv6 is not enabled by default.
People need to enable IPv6 access by changing /etc/inetd.conf at first,
by adding tcp6 and/or tcp46 entries.
-The base of patches are from KAME package and are actually daily used
for more than a year in several Japanese IPv6 environments.
-Patches are reviewed by markm.
Approved by: jkh
Submitted by: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@mahoroba.org>
Reviewed by: markm
Obtained from: KAME project
Kris Kennaway
Hajimu UMEMOTO
Yoshinobu Inoue
Mark Murray