Paquage: base-files / Pre-standardisation program /etc/hosts file format - Cloud and AI new issues - Bug - DEBIAN OS Distrib

[Loic Coupel <loic@coupel.fr>]

Hello, 

Dear Debian User List 

Dear Bug Report team

(I was a Debian User but currently Using Mageia Linux OS and I do not have time to install Debian for this issue to report this BUG )

But I need your help for this issue 

Can you please help me on this 

Package: Base-Files (all Os) 

 

My name is Loic (Demos95), (Demos-Lo), and I would like to raise an issue regarding the /etc/hosts file format across all operating systems: Linux, Windows, and macOS.

After working in IT support for many years, I have observed that many IT engineers create incorrectly formatted files; often with duplicate IPs or multiple FQDNs even in cloud environments and large organisations.

This can cause applications to fail, spike CPU and memory usage, and produce unpredictable network behaviour. Please note that /etc/hosts is always read before DNS, so errors in the file can block communication without clear error messages.

Default formats differ between distributions (e.g., Red Hat/Mageia vs Debian) and other OSes, and there is currently no universally enforced standard.

I request that a meeting be organised between representatives of all responsible OS teams to discuss this issue.

This problem affects system reliability and performance, with broader implications for sustainability and environmental impact, as well as electronic ship crisis.

My question is:

Do you have a contact at Debian that can help to follow this with IEEE and IETF ? 

I have created the Thread Line in IETF Forum Group :

https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/issues/10088

Please waiting your help and reply on this

Kind regards

Loic Coupel