diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 632ed937d..9ea9f5ae6 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ struct aftype {
 	int af;
 	int alen;
 	char *(*print) (unsigned char *);
-	char *(*sprint) (struct sockaddr *, int numeric);
-	int (*input) (int type, char *bufp, struct sockaddr *);
+	const char *(*sprint) (struct sockaddr *, int numeric);
+	int (*input) (/*int type,*/ const char *bufp, struct sockaddr *);
 	void (*herror) (char *text);
 	int (*rprint) (int options);
 	int (*rinput) (int typ, int ext, char **argv);
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct hwtype {
 	int type;
 	int alen;
 	char *(*print) (unsigned char *);
-	int (*input) (char *, struct sockaddr *);
+	int (*input) (const char *, struct sockaddr *);
 	int (*activate) (int fd);
 	int suppress_null_addr;
 };
diff --git a/networking/arp.c b/networking/arp.c
index 2af6bc970..7a36f44bb 100644
--- a/networking/arp.c
+++ b/networking/arp.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 #define DFLT_AF "inet"
 #define DFLT_HW "ether"
 
-#define _PATH_PROCNET_ARP "/proc/net/arp"
-
 #define	ARP_OPT_A (0x1)
 #define	ARP_OPT_p (0x2)
 #define	ARP_OPT_H (0x4)
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ static const char *const options[] = {
 /* Called only from main, once */
 static int arp_del(char **args)
 {
-	char host[128];
+	char *host;
 	struct arpreq req;
 	struct sockaddr sa;
 	int flags = 0;
@@ -73,8 +71,8 @@ static int arp_del(char **args)
 	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
 
 	/* Resolve the host name. */
-	safe_strncpy(host, *args, 128);
-	if (ap->input(0, host, &sa) < 0) {
+	host = *args;
+	if (ap->input(host, &sa) < 0) {
 		bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", host);
 	}
 
@@ -130,8 +128,8 @@ static int arp_del(char **args)
 			if (*++args == NULL)
 				bb_show_usage();
 			if (strcmp(*args, "255.255.255.255") != 0) {
-				safe_strncpy(host, *args, 128);
-				if (ap->input(0, host, &sa) < 0) {
+				host = *args;
+				if (ap->input(host, &sa) < 0) {
 					bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", host);
 				}
 				memcpy(&req.arp_netmask, &sa, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
@@ -213,15 +211,15 @@ static void arp_getdevhw(char *ifname, struct sockaddr *sa,
 /* Called only from main, once */
 static int arp_set(char **args)
 {
-	char host[128];
+	char *host;
 	struct arpreq req;
 	struct sockaddr sa;
 	int flags;
 
 	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
 
-	safe_strncpy(host, *args++, 128);
-	if (ap->input(0, host, &sa) < 0) {
+	host = *args++;
+	if (ap->input(host, &sa) < 0) {
 		bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", host);
 	}
 	/* If a host has more than one address, use the correct one! */
@@ -285,8 +283,8 @@ static int arp_set(char **args)
 			if (*++args == NULL)
 				bb_show_usage();
 			if (strcmp(*args, "255.255.255.255") != 0) {
-				safe_strncpy(host, *args++, 128);
-				if (ap->input(0, host, &sa) < 0) {
+				host = *args;
+				if (ap->input(host, &sa) < 0) {
 					bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", host);
 				}
 				memcpy(&req.arp_netmask, &sa, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
@@ -362,82 +360,82 @@ arp_disp(const char *name, char *ip, int type, int arp_flags,
 /* Called only from main, once */
 static int arp_show(char *name)
 {
-	char host[100];
-	struct sockaddr sa;
-	char ip[100];
-	char hwa[100];
-	char mask[100];
-	char line[200];
-	char dev[100];
-	int type, flags;
-	FILE *fp;
+	const char *host;
 	const char *hostname;
+	FILE *fp;
+	struct sockaddr sa;
+	int type, flags;
 	int num;
 	unsigned entries = 0, shown = 0;
+	char ip[128];
+	char hwa[128];
+	char mask[128];
+	char line[128];
+	char dev[128];
 
-	host[0] = '\0';
-
+	host = NULL;
 	if (name != NULL) {
 		/* Resolve the host name. */
-		safe_strncpy(host, name, (sizeof host));
-		if (ap->input(0, host, &sa) < 0) {
-			bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", host);
+		if (ap->input(name, &sa) < 0) {
+			bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", name);
 		}
-		safe_strncpy(host, ap->sprint(&sa, 1), sizeof(host));
+		host = xstrdup(ap->sprint(&sa, 1));
 	}
-	/* Open the PROCps kernel table. */
-	fp = xfopen(_PATH_PROCNET_ARP, "r");
-	/* Bypass header -- read until newline */
-	if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != (char *) NULL) {
+	fp = xfopen("/proc/net/arp", "r");
+	/* Bypass header -- read one line */
+	fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp);
+
+	/* Read the ARP cache entries. */
+	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp)) {
+
 		mask[0] = '-'; mask[1] = '\0';
 		dev[0] = '-'; dev[1] = '\0';
-		/* Read the ARP cache entries. */
-		for (; fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp);) {
-			num = sscanf(line, "%s 0x%x 0x%x %100s %100s %100s\n",
-						 ip, &type, &flags, hwa, mask, dev);
-			if (num < 4)
-				break;
+		/* All these strings can't overflow
+		 * because fgets above reads limited amount of data */
+		num = sscanf(line, "%s 0x%x 0x%x %s %s %s\n",
+					 ip, &type, &flags, hwa, mask, dev);
+		if (num < 4)
+			break;
 
-			entries++;
-			/* if the user specified hw-type differs, skip it */
-			if (hw_set && (type != hw->type))
-				continue;
+		entries++;
+		/* if the user specified hw-type differs, skip it */
+		if (hw_set && (type != hw->type))
+			continue;
 
-			/* if the user specified address differs, skip it */
-			if (host[0] && strcmp(ip, host) != 0)
-				continue;
+		/* if the user specified address differs, skip it */
+		if (host && strcmp(ip, host) != 0)
+			continue;
 
-			/* if the user specified device differs, skip it */
-			if (device[0] && strcmp(dev, device) != 0)
-				continue;
+		/* if the user specified device differs, skip it */
+		if (device[0] && strcmp(dev, device) != 0)
+			continue;
 
-			shown++;
-			/* This IS ugly but it works -be */
-			if (option_mask32 & ARP_OPT_n)
+		shown++;
+		/* This IS ugly but it works -be */
+		hostname = "?";
+		if (!(option_mask32 & ARP_OPT_n)) {
+			if (ap->input(ip, &sa) < 0)
+				hostname = ip;
+			else
+				hostname = ap->sprint(&sa, (option_mask32 & ARP_OPT_n) | 0x8000);
+			if (strcmp(hostname, ip) == 0)
 				hostname = "?";
-			else {
-				if (ap->input(0, ip, &sa) < 0)
-					hostname = ip;
-				else
-					hostname = ap->sprint(&sa, (option_mask32 & ARP_OPT_n) | 0x8000);
-				if (strcmp(hostname, ip) == 0)
-					hostname = "?";
-			}
-
-			arp_disp(hostname, ip, type, flags, hwa, mask, dev);
 		}
+
+		arp_disp(hostname, ip, type, flags, hwa, mask, dev);
 	}
 	if (option_mask32 & ARP_OPT_v)
 		printf("Entries: %d\tSkipped: %d\tFound: %d\n",
 			   entries, entries - shown, shown);
 
 	if (!shown) {
-		if (hw_set || host[0] || device[0])
+		if (hw_set || host || device[0])
 			printf("No match found in %d entries\n", entries);
 	}
-
-	fclose(fp);
-
+	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) {
+		free((char*)host);
+		fclose(fp);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/networking/interface.c b/networking/interface.c
index c03471238..262b97879 100644
--- a/networking/interface.c
+++ b/networking/interface.c
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ struct in6_ifreq {
 #endif
 
 /* Display an Internet socket address. */
-static char *INET_sprint(struct sockaddr *sap, int numeric)
+static const char *INET_sprint(struct sockaddr *sap, int numeric)
 {
 	static char buff[128];
 
 	if (sap->sa_family == 0xFFFF || sap->sa_family == 0)
-		return safe_strncpy(buff, "[NONE SET]", sizeof(buff));
+		return "[NONE SET]";
 
 	if (INET_rresolve(buff, sizeof(buff), (struct sockaddr_in *) sap,
 					  numeric, 0xffffff00) != 0)
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static char *INET_sprint(struct sockaddr *sap, int numeric)
 	return buff;
 }
 
+#ifdef UNUSED_AND_BUGGY
 static int INET_getsock(char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
 {
 	char *sp = bufp, *bp;
@@ -136,9 +137,12 @@ static int INET_getsock(char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
 
 	return (sp - bufp);
 }
+#endif
 
-static int INET_input(int type, char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
+static int INET_input(/*int type,*/ const char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
 {
+	return INET_resolve(bufp, (struct sockaddr_in *) sap, 0);
+/*
 	switch (type) {
 	case 1:
 		return (INET_getsock(bufp, sap));
@@ -147,6 +151,7 @@ static int INET_input(int type, char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
 	default:
 		return (INET_resolve(bufp, (struct sockaddr_in *) sap, 0));
 	}
+*/
 }
 
 static struct aftype inet_aftype = {
@@ -163,17 +168,18 @@ static struct aftype inet_aftype = {
 
 /* Display an Internet socket address. */
 /* dirty! struct sockaddr usually doesn't suffer for inet6 addresses, fst. */
-static char *INET6_sprint(struct sockaddr *sap, int numeric)
+static const char *INET6_sprint(struct sockaddr *sap, int numeric)
 {
 	static char buff[128];
 
 	if (sap->sa_family == 0xFFFF || sap->sa_family == 0)
-		return safe_strncpy(buff, "[NONE SET]", sizeof(buff));
+		return "[NONE SET]";
 	if (INET6_rresolve(buff, sizeof(buff), (struct sockaddr_in6 *) sap, numeric))
-		return safe_strncpy(buff, "[UNKNOWN]", sizeof(buff));
+		return "[UNKNOWN]";
 	return buff;
 }
 
+#ifdef UNUSED
 static int INET6_getsock(char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6;
@@ -187,15 +193,19 @@ static int INET6_getsock(char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
 
 	return 16;			/* ?;) */
 }
+#endif
 
-static int INET6_input(int type, char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
+static int INET6_input(/*int type,*/ const char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
 {
+	return INET6_resolve(bufp, (struct sockaddr_in6 *) sap);
+/*
 	switch (type) {
 	case 1:
 		return (INET6_getsock(bufp, sap));
 	default:
 		return (INET6_resolve(bufp, (struct sockaddr_in6 *) sap));
 	}
+*/
 }
 
 static struct aftype inet6_aftype = {
@@ -229,12 +239,10 @@ static char *UNSPEC_print(unsigned char *ptr)
 }
 
 /* Display an UNSPEC socket address. */
-static char *UNSPEC_sprint(struct sockaddr *sap, int numeric)
+static const char *UNSPEC_sprint(struct sockaddr *sap, int numeric)
 {
-	static char buf[64];
-
 	if (sap->sa_family == 0xFFFF || sap->sa_family == 0)
-		return safe_strncpy(buf, "[NONE SET]", sizeof(buf));
+		return "[NONE SET]";
 	return UNSPEC_print((unsigned char *)sap->sa_data);
 }
 
@@ -809,7 +817,7 @@ static char *pr_ether(unsigned char *ptr)
 	return buff;
 }
 
-static int in_ether(char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap);
+static int in_ether(const char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap);
 
 static struct hwtype ether_hwtype = {
 	.name =		"ether",
@@ -831,10 +839,10 @@ static unsigned hexchar2int(char c)
 }
 
 /* Input an Ethernet address and convert to binary. */
-static int in_ether(char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
+static int in_ether(const char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
 {
 	unsigned char *ptr;
-	char c, *orig;
+	char c;
 	int i;
 	unsigned val;
 
@@ -842,7 +850,6 @@ static int in_ether(char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap)
 	ptr = (unsigned char*) sap->sa_data;
 
 	i = 0;
-	orig = bufp;
 	while ((*bufp != '\0') && (i < ETH_ALEN)) {
 		val = hexchar2int(*bufp++) * 0x10;
 		if (val > 0xff) {