From e7ce27a22c6785d70c9bc37eff4b58d3570cca41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 18:08:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Linux name resolving problem fixed with larger name-buffer --- lib/url.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c index 561ab8202..dabf6e3c0 100644 --- a/lib/url.c +++ b/lib/url.c @@ -644,9 +644,11 @@ CURLcode curl_connect(CURL *curl, CURLconnect **in_connect) struct UrlData *data = curl; struct connectdata *conn; - /* I believe the longest possible name in a DNS is set to 255 letters, FQDN - so this should be safe: */ - char hostent_buf[512]; + /* I believe the longest possible name in a DNS is set to 255 letters, FQDN. + Although the buffer required for storing all possible aliases and IP + numbers is according to Stevens' Unix Network Programming 2nd editor, + p. 304: 8192 bytes. Let's go with that! */ + char hostent_buf[8192]; if(!data || (data->handle != STRUCT_OPEN)) return CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT; /* TBD: make error codes */