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<b>NAME</b><br>
AddIPAliases - slow.conf configuration item
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<b>SYNOPSIS</b><br>
<code><ul>
AddIPAliases = [ true | false ]
</ul></code>
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<b>DESCRIPTION</b><br>
The AddIPAliases slow.conf configuration item instructs <b>slowmilt</b>
to record events in the following manner:
<ul>
	<li>Record the events for the original IP number</li>
	<li>Reverse lookup that IP number to find the host name</li>
	<li>Look up that host name to find if it has additional IP numbers</li>
	<li>Record each addtional IP number with the same events, but
	    set the <b>aip</b> flag (see the 
	    <a href="../slowedit/events.html">standard event set</a>)
	    for each of those addtional records.</li>
</ul>
This AddIPAliases item is declared like this:
<ul><code>
AddIPAliases = true
</code></ul>
By default, AddIPAliases is false, so no aliased IP number records are
added.
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Note two critical concerns:
<ol start=1>
	<li>Because DNS lookups can hang for up to 90 seconds, you should
	only define this item if you have access to a fast or caching
	name sever.</li>
	<li>If your system lacks <i>getipnodebyaddr</i>(3), this
	item will be unavailable. This is because <i>gethostbyaddr</i>
	is not thread-safe.</li>
</ol>
If you attempt to define this item as true on a host that lacks the
<i>getipnodebyaddr</i>(3) routine,
the following warning will print and this item will be
ignored:
<ul><code>
AddIPAliases requires getipnodebyaddr(). Upgrade your OS. 
<code></ul>
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#	Change	User	Description	Committed
#1	4052	bryan_costales	Implimented: whitelisting AddMXHost for MX servers that lie Converted to thread safe DNS routines garbage collection RunAsUser and RunAsGroup for root startups rebuild the database summarize by IP number Finished all documentation. Moved release from alpha to beta