Bug#457472: openssh-client: ssh resolves some hosts to 1.0.0.0
* Colin Watson:
>> [*] 1.0.0.0 isn't even a valid IP address, is it?
>
> Depends on the situation. You wouldn't want to give a host that
> address,
Why not? Subnet zero is no longer reserved. The whole /8 is currently
not assigned, but that's a different matter.
> but it might be quite reasonable to have an A record resolve to that IP
> address for the purpose of naming the network. The resolver isn't in a
> position to distinguish those cases, IMO.
Fully agreed.
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