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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-07-24 16:46:23 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-07-31 12:58:56 +0200
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NEWS: Deprecate nss_hesiod
Storing user databases in DNS, without client-side DNSSEC validation,
is problematic from a security point of view.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
   applications which use the malloc hooks must preload a special shared
   object, to enable the hooks.
 
+* The hesiod NSS module has been deprecated and will be removed in a
+  future version of glibc.  System administrators are encouraged to
+  switch to other approaches for networked account databases, such as
+  LDAP.
+
 Changes to build and runtime requirements:
 
 * powerpc64le requires GCC 7.4 or newer.  This is required for supporting