[Xymon] Hostname validation (was Re: Xymon 4.3.29 Released - Important Security Update)

[John Horne]

On Mon, 2019-08-05 at 13:26 -0700, Japheth Cleaver wrote:
> Thanks, this does indeed fix the issue. I've added in underscores (which
> have been valid for hostnames in xymon, though not in reality) to match
> the checks elsewhere. Would appreciate if others could confirm on this.
>
> Fix/patch is committed in https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/8072/ ;
> 4.3.30 with this to come shortly.
>
Sorry - stealing the subject - could I ask to hold fire with 4.3.30 for a
little while. There still seems to be a problem with graph titles when using
'exec:'. I'm just trying to track it down now (looks like an extra double-quote
has crept in somewhere). Thanks.


John.

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