Re: [cobalt-users] Hidden backdoor in GUI to put wildcards in DNS!

[Robert Brownback <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oops, I mean three days early!


On 29 Mar 2001 12:32:02 +0200, Edwin Nouwen wrote:
> He's probably gonna kill me for this, but I was too excited to keep this to
> myself.. :)
> 
> A buddy of mine (a Dutch guy like me who however managed to get himself one
> of those 'well' paying jobs:) works for Sun Cobalt in Mountain View,
> California and is partly responsible for firmware development on the RaQ3
> and RaQ4. Needless to say I keep nagging him about software updates for the
> GUI that I'd love to see and cosmetic changes would improve the GUI
> immensely (the GUI as it is now is much too slow!)..
> 
> Anyways, I was talking to him the other day complaining about why I can't
> put wildcards (*) in the host field of the DNS through the GUI.. I mean; if
> I edit the named files manually I CAN put an '*' in, but the GUI refuses
> them, which is total nonsense.. If the GUI would stop checking for it and
> would just let it pass, it would work like a charm..
> 
> He agreed with me that this was not a hardware or OS limitation but simply a
> GUI limitation that was built in deliberatly. However.. it IS possible to
> put wildcards in the DNS using the GUI!! .. because the developers have
> built in a backdoor for testing purposes!!
> 
> If you want a wildcard hostname in your DNS, the GUI won't accept '*' as a
> hostname..
> BUT.. if you enter 'ts1lirpa4' (without the quotes) as hostname, it will
> show up in the GUI as you entered it, but will be put in the named files as
> an '*'..
> 
> Which is MUUUUUCH easier than having to create include files in the named
> directory for every domainname!
> Just thought I'd share...
> 
> 
> Edwin Nouwen
> (edwin@xxxxxxxx)
> 
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