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Date:      Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:10:12 +0100
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        Aaron Sloan <security@adtu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: good address will not resolve in freebsd
Message-ID:  <20031007151012.GA42970@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: <009901c38ce2$82f333e0$d3a8a8c0@barney>
References:  <009901c38ce2$82f333e0$d3a8a8c0@barney>

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On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:51:37AM -0500, Aaron Sloan wrote:
> Good day folks,
> 
> Got a question here. I'm running 4.8stable and I cannot get this address
> to resolve in freebsd.
> 
> http://das_runt.shackspace.com/techtv-blooper.wmv

There's an underscore in the hostname, which isn't permitted by
some RFCs. I believe the resolver library filters out hostnames
with odd characters in them.

	David.



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