--- auth.c.orig	Mon May 17 13:40:27 1999
+++ auth.c	Mon May 17 13:40:59 1999
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@
 	u_int32_t a;
 	struct hostent *hp;
 
-	if (*p != '!' && *p != '-' && strchr(p, '/') == NULL) {
+	if (*p != '!' && *p != '-' && *p != '*' && strchr(p, '/') == NULL) {
 	    hp = gethostbyname(p);
 	    if (hp != NULL && hp->h_addrtype == AF_INET)
 		a = *(u_int32_t *)hp->h_addr;