Configurable Hostids for Non-Global Zones [PSARC/2008/647 FastTrack timeout 10/30/2008]

[Darren J Moffat]

Margot Miller wrote:
> We (PSARC/2007/078) have talked to this team about the hostid
> scheme and the angst it caused with those in MDE.  My understanding
> is that this current team has talked to MDE to figure out the
> impact of this project on their ISV's.

Then I find the inconsistency distrubing and it is making me want to 
pull the derail lever.

Why is it acceptable to have a zone's hostid in the clear in the global 
zone /etc/zone/<zonename>.xml for SPARC and x86 file yet it isn't 
acceptable to have the hostid in the clear in /etc/hostid for x86 - even 
when the source code for the silly obfuscation is open source.

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Darren J Moffat