From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 31 09:43:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C5116A4CE for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:43:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F128843D46 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:43:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fredthetree@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id c51so355450rne for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:43:12 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=khbTxsT7KPz9xhNOVIANbUZZfF3hQnIUrrJ36gBIxpodIIgtpCXyNZCJIcFfL9stj4rD3qsWeQDuPxlVC7uufvJt4xn/uvgYavSbn+QuvH42YCya8aDszHldCJZEhWSPR+xmAWqNEzb+Q9SrnB2fbuuwLwT+SYCcDn97QoUmwkE= Received: by 10.38.104.35 with SMTP id b35mr1246530rnc; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:43:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.65.22 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:43:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:43:12 -0400 From: fredthetree To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: possible bug report re: (malformed?) internet addresses X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: fredthetree List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:43:13 -0000 $ ping "mr-chips-.deviantart.com" ping: cannot resolve mr-chips-.deviantart.com: Unknown server error $ ping "etc-etc-etc.deviantart.com" PING etc-etc-etc.deviantart.com (69.28.181.43): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 69.28.181.43: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=108.127 ms At first it may seem logical to point the blame to the server, after noting "Unknown server error," however, I am perfectly able to connect to this address on a Windows machine. The problem is reproducible with any address which has a "-" before a "." I am not sure where the problem lies, it is obviously not just within 'ping,' as I first noticed this problem within firefox/mozilla.