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diff src/conf.c @ 206:0241aaccfcdb
default listen_addresses: use 127.0.0.1 instead of `localhost'
because `localhost' could be bound to some other IP address.
This is unlikely but could be. Using 127.0.0.1 is more safe.
See mailing list for details
| author | meillo@marmaro.de |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:34:40 +0200 |
| parents | 4fd237550525 |
| children | 8cddc65765bd |
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--- a/src/conf.c Fri Jul 16 16:38:50 2010 +0200 +++ b/src/conf.c Sat Jul 17 00:34:40 2010 +0200 @@ -433,7 +433,10 @@ conf.max_msg_size = 0; /* no limit on msg size */ conf.spool_dir = SPOOL_DIR; conf.mail_dir = "/var/mail"; - conf.listen_addresses = g_list_append(NULL, parse_interface("localhost", 25)); + /* we use 127.0.0.1 because `localhost' could be bound to some + other IP address. This is unlikely but could be. Using + 127.0.0.1 is more safe. See mailing list for details */ + conf.listen_addresses = g_list_append(NULL, parse_interface("127.0.0.1", 25)); if ((in = fopen(filename, "r")) == NULL) { logwrite(LOG_ALERT, "could not open config file %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));