I was reading a chapter in an administrator's guide and was caught by the entries shown by the author's version of his /etc/host.conf file. He shows two entries that caught my attention: spoofalert and nospoof. Neither of these entries have a following value, so they would use the default values.
Looking at the man page, I find that the default values are OFF for both these keywords. It seems that the inclusion then would be unnecessary. Am I correct in this assumption?
And, why would these keywords not be included and turned on? It would seem to be advantageous from a security standpoint. But then, the openSuse team would have most likely included them as a default, wouldn't they?
Obviously, I'm not understanding this situation. Can someone provide an explanation, or point me to a place where I can find an explanation?
Bart
Looking at the man page, I find that the default values are OFF for both these keywords. It seems that the inclusion then would be unnecessary. Am I correct in this assumption?
And, why would these keywords not be included and turned on? It would seem to be advantageous from a security standpoint. But then, the openSuse team would have most likely included them as a default, wouldn't they?
Obviously, I'm not understanding this situation. Can someone provide an explanation, or point me to a place where I can find an explanation?
Bart