Bug 10186

Summary:	telnet gives illegal instruction on absurdly long hostname
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Zach Beane <xach>
Component:	telnet	Assignee:	Florian La Roche <laroche>
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Description Zach Beane 2000-03-15 18:08:48 UTC

Here's a transcript:

$ telnet
www.whitetail-deer-hunting-guides-maine-lodges-camps-new-england.com 80
Trying 216.227.136.248...
Illegal instruction


Yuck, eh? This gives a segfault in RH 6.1.92.

Comment 1 Henri Schlereth 2000-07-14 03:24:49 UTC

fixed in telnet-0.16-6

telnet www.whitetail-deer-hunting-guides-maine-lodges-camps-new-england.com 80
www.whitetail-deer-hunting-guides-maine-lodges-camps-new-england.com: Unknown host

Henri J. Schlereth