--- /dev/null
+--- netkit-telnet-0.17.orig/telnetd/telnetd.c.reallynodns 2009-03-12 14:32:29.000000000 -0700
++++ netkit-telnet-0.17.orig/telnetd/telnetd.c 2009-03-12 14:51:59.000000000 -0700
+@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
+ int keepalive = 1;
+ char *loginprg = _PATH_LOGIN;
+ char *progname;
++int lookupself = 1;
+
+ extern void usage(void);
+
+@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@
+
+ progname = *argv;
+
+- while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "d:a:e:lhnr:I:D:B:sS:a:X:L:")) != EOF) {
++ while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "d:a:e:lhnr:I:D:B:sS:a:X:L:N")) != EOF) {
+ switch(ch) {
+
+ #ifdef AUTHENTICATE
+@@ -210,6 +211,10 @@
+ keepalive = 0;
+ break;
+
++ case 'N':
++ lookupself = 0;
++ break;
++
+ #ifdef SecurID
+ case 's':
+ /* SecurID required */
+@@ -393,6 +398,7 @@
+ #endif
+ fprintf(stderr, " [-L login_program]");
+ fprintf(stderr, " [-n]");
++ fprintf(stderr, " [-N]");
+ #ifdef SecurID
+ fprintf(stderr, " [-s]");
+ #endif
+@@ -691,15 +697,20 @@
+
+ memset(&hints, '\0', sizeof(hints));
+ hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+- hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG;
++ hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME;
+
+ gethostname(host_name, sizeof(host_name));
+- if ((e = getaddrinfo(host_name, NULL, &hints, &res)) != 0) {
+- if(e != EAI_AGAIN) {
+- fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: localhost %s\n",
+- gai_strerror(e));
+- exit(1);
+- }
++ /*
++ * Optionally canonicalize the local host name, in case
++ * gethostname() returns foo, we want foo.example.com
++ */
++ if (lookupself &&
++ (e = getaddrinfo(host_name, NULL, &hints, &res)) == 0) {
++ if (res->ai_canonname) {
++ strncpy(host_name, res->ai_canonname,
++ sizeof(host_name)-1);
++ host_name[sizeof(host_name)-1] = 0;
++ }
+ }
+ if(res)
+ freeaddrinfo(res);
+--- netkit-telnet-0.17.orig/telnetd/telnetd.8.reallynodns 2009-03-12 14:54:54.000000000 -0700
++++ netkit-telnet-0.17.orig/telnetd/telnetd.8 2009-03-12 14:56:58.000000000 -0700
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
+ protocol server
+ .Sh SYNOPSIS
+ .Nm /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
+-.Op Fl hns
++.Op Fl hnNs
+ .Op Fl a Ar authmode
+ .Op Fl D Ar debugmode
+ .Op Fl L Ar loginprg
+@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@
+ if the client is still there, so that idle connections
+ from machines that have crashed or can no longer
+ be reached may be cleaned up.
++.It Fl N
++Do not use DNS to canonicalize the local hostname;
++.Fn gethostname 2
++returns a fully qualified name.
+ .It Fl s
+ This option is only enabled if
+ .Nm telnetd