openssh-2.9p2, auth2.c

[Hans Werner Strube]

> On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 10:46:13AM +0200, Hans Werner Strube wrote:
> > Even with option "HostbasedUsesNameFromPacketOnly yes", the trailing
> > dot in chost should be stripped before auth_rhosts2() is called from
> > hostbased_key_allowed().
> 
> why?
> 

Because otherwise the host names in /etc/hosts.equiv, .shosts etc. would
also have to be terminated by a dot to match.