Notes on hostname munging

git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.mit.edu/krb5/users/amb/referrals@18443 dc483132-0cff-0310-8789-dd5450dbe970

diff --git a/implementation.notes b/implementation.notes
index 4cfd08a5b7fcd9d8418c6ecef6df26c6f7e551e5..6ea023ec2d6d1dc880a44e5464752b1b6f1c4376 100644 (file)
--- a/implementation.notes
+++ b/implementation.notes
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ new logic:
       - if service ticket returned, operation is complete.
     - if loop count exceeded, exit
 
+notes on resolving hostnames
+============================
+krb5_get_host_realm does various sanity-checking on supplied hostnames
+including folding them to lowercase and using the local hostname if
+blank.  Currently krb5_get_fallback_host realm is set up to do the same
+thing, with the common code moved to krb5_clean_hostname.  (Stupid
+name...)  Should it really do that, or should it be much more limited?
+
 problems
 ========
 - draft and actual microsoft implementation are divergent enough that MS