- don't bother resolving localhost, as it gives weird results in mixed IPv4/IPV6 environments --- tcp_wrappers_7.6/hosts_access.c.196326 2007-06-28 13:44:10.000000000 +0200 +++ tcp_wrappers_7.6/hosts_access.c 2007-06-28 15:33:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ return (STR_NE(string, unknown)); } else if (tok[(n = strlen(tok)) - 1] == '.') { /* prefix */ return (STRN_EQ(tok, string, n)); + } else if ((STR_EQ(tok, "localhost") || STR_EQ(tok, "localhost.localdomain")) + && (STR_EQ(string, "localhost") || STR_EQ(string, "localhost.localdomain"))) { + return (YES); /* these localhosts are equivalent */ } else { /* exact match */ #ifdef INET6 struct addrinfo hints, *res;