diff options
| author | djm@openbsd.org <djm@openbsd.org> | 2020-01-25 06:40:20 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 2020-01-25 18:20:01 +1100 |
| commit | 846446bf3e7421e6671a4afd074bdf15eecd7832 (patch) | |
| tree | 47e9691dd0087629dd344e36463923927e79ec66 /channels.c | |
| parent | 734f2f83f5ff86f2967a99d67be9ce22dd0394dd (diff) | |
upstream: the GatewayPorts vs -R listen address selection logic is
still confusing people, so add another comment explaining the special
handling of "localhost"; bz#3258
OpenBSD-Commit-ID: e6bf0f0fbf1c7092bf0dbd9c6eab105970b5b53a
Diffstat (limited to 'channels.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | channels.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.394 2019/07/07 01:05:00 dtucker Exp $ */ +/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.395 2020/01/25 06:40:20 djm Exp $ */ /* * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland @@ -3356,7 +3356,12 @@ channel_fwd_bind_addr(struct ssh *ssh, const char *listen_addr, int *wildcardp, } else if (strcmp(listen_addr, "localhost") != 0 || strcmp(listen_addr, "127.0.0.1") == 0 || strcmp(listen_addr, "::1") == 0) { - /* Accept localhost address when GatewayPorts=yes */ + /* + * Accept explicit localhost address when + * GatewayPorts=yes. The "localhost" hostname is + * deliberately skipped here so it will listen on all + * available local address families. + */ addr = listen_addr; } } else if (strcmp(listen_addr, "127.0.0.1") == 0 || |