/tmp may not be writeable yet when dhclient is first run via
/etc/rc.d/netif so using it may not work. Also, writing to a
predictable file in /tmp as root is a really bad idea since a malicious
user may be able to win a race and insert a symlink which will allow
them to cause any file to be overwritten. To solve these problems,
create the tempory file in /var/run which will exist this early and is
writable only by root.
Security: Local risk if users can cause dhclient to run on demand
(such as by unplugging and replugging the network cable).
entries from the interface rather than using ifconfig's delete command.
This preserves non-dhclient configured addresses (though they are wiped
out when dhclient is restarted).
MFC after: 1 week
renewal, or we lose link, be more forceful about clearing interface
state so another interface that connects to the same network has a
chance of working. This doesn't address attemping to connect to both at
once, but appears to allow unplugging from a wired interface and then
inserting a wireless card that associates with an AP bridged to the same
LAN.
check the domain-name parameter according to the rules for "search"
strings as documented in resolv.conf(5). Specifically, the string must
be no more than 256 bytes long and contain no more than six valid domain
names separated by white space.
The previous unchecked values could result in a mangled resolv.conf
file which could effectively deny access to local sites. This is not
a security issue as rogue dhcp servers could already do this without
sending invalid strings.
Reviewed by: cperciva
MFC After: 3 days
serves no apparent purpose (we commented this out ages ago in the ISC
scripts) and cases problems with some ADSL setups.
Reported by: Rostislav Krasny <rosti dot bsd at gmail dot com>
capture. Zero length captures caused an infinte loop and short captures
probably caused memory corruption and a crash.
Reported by: many
MFC After: 3 days
accept NUL-terminated strings as required by RFC 2132.
This solution is not perfect as it removes the ability to send
NUL-terminated host-name options which may be required by some broken
servers. Given the current lack of an existance proof of such servers
and the fact that servers that send NUL-terminated domain names do
exist, this seems like an acceptable compromise. A discussion of these
issues can be found at:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=dhcp-client&m=96837107208382&w=2
PR: bin/83468
Reported by: Sean Winn <sean at gothic dot net dot au>
MFC-after: 3 days
include a space seperated list of domains instead of the domain of the
host. This is supported on too many platforms to break for now so,
remove validation of this option for the moment.
The correct solution longer term is to implement RFC 3397 support and
then treat domain-name options containing space seperated lists of
domains as domain-search options for backwards compatability.
Approved by: re (dhclient blanket)
Add a -b option to background immediatly.
Add support for 802.11 routing messages to "instantly" renegotiate
at lease when we associate with a new network.
Submitted by: sam
