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Subject: Re: possible bug report re: (malformed?) internet addresses
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Almost forgot.

$ uname -a
FreeBSD computer 5.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #0: Tue Mar  1
05:39:33 AST 2005     root@computer:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MACHINE  i386


(I haven't cvsup'd and re-built in a little while.. maybe one of you
who have could verify the problem still exists..)

-dan

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:43:12 -0400, fredthetree <fredthetree@gmail.com> wrote:
> $ 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.
>