"Out of memory" error looking up SSHFP records

[Darren Tucker]

Simon Vallet wrote:
> we're currently considering making use of RFC4255 SSHFP records,
> but are hitting a problem with a 4.4p1 client running on Tru64 5.1A:
> 
> [...]
> debug3: verify_host_key_dns
> DNS lookup error: out of memory
> [...]
> No matching host key fingerprint found in DNS.
> 
> A 4.3p2 linux client gives the following :
> [...]
> debug3: verify_host_key_dns
> debug1: found 1 insecure fingerprints in DNS
> debug1: matching host key fingerprint found in DNS
> [...]
> Matching host key fingerprint found in DNS.
> 
> Any idea on the cause of the "out of memory error" ?

A brief look at the code shows that error as occurring when 
getrrsetbyname fails.  Does Tru64 have its own or is it using the one in 
openbsd-compat?  (grep GETRRSET config.h)

Also, are ERRSET_SUCCESS and/or ERRSET_NOMEMORY defined in the system 
headers?

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