Summary: Use inet_aton. Contributor: NetBSD Merged by: Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com> Index: netcat-1.10/netcat.c =================================================================== --- netcat-1.10.orig/netcat.c 2006-03-24 12:26:42.000000000 -0500 +++ netcat-1.10/netcat.c 2006-03-24 12:26:44.000000000 -0500 @@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ struct in_addr iaddr; register HINF * poop = NULL; register int x; + int rc; /* I really want to strangle the twit who dreamed up all these sockaddr and hostent abstractions, and then forced them all to be incompatible with @@ -379,9 +380,9 @@ bail ("gethostpoop fuxored"); strcpy (poop->name, unknown); /* preload it */ /* see wzv:workarounds.c for dg/ux return-a-struct inet_addr lossage */ - iaddr.s_addr = inet_addr (name); + rc = inet_aton(name, &iaddr); - if (iaddr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE) { /* here's the great split: names... */ + if (rc == 0) { /* here's the great split: names... */ if (numeric) bail ("Can't parse %s as an IP address", name); hostent = gethostbyname (name);