From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun May 19 14: 0:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31C7A37B410 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 14:00:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4JL0C213310; Sun, 19 May 2002 14:00:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:00:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200205192100.g4JL0C213310@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Chris Faulhaber Subject: Re: misc/38291: traceroute www.gov.mk doesn't work, host does. _ in aliased domain Reply-To: Chris Faulhaber Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/38291; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Chris Faulhaber To: Michael Mayr Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/38291: traceroute www.gov.mk doesn't work, host does. _ in aliased domain Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 16:58:14 -0400 --yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 07:13:24AM -0700, Michael Mayr wrote: >=20 > >Number: 38291 > >Category: misc > >Synopsis: traceroute www.gov.mk doesn't work, host does. _ in alia= sed domain =2E.. > bash-2.05a$ traceroute www.gov.mk > traceroute: unknown host www.gov.mk >=20 > bash-2.05a$ host www.gov.mk > www.gov.mk is a nickname for mn_server.zic.gov.mk > mn_server.zic.gov.mk has address 194.149.136.55 >=20 > it seems that traceroute doesn't work with (aliased) domains that contain= a _ (btw. ping shows the same odd behavior) >=20 Since underscores are not allows in hostnames, the behaviour is not 'odd'. host(1) simply looks up the information and displays it as recieved; other utilities do not work due to your name server [properly] not resolving improper hostnames. --=20 Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org --yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: FreeBSD: The Power To Serve iEYEARECAAYFAjzoEeYACgkQObaG4P6BelB/wwCgjmlyrhKfEuqwdmhtrDqFEomQ rUEAnjxhs2zd6UuaZz9pUGuF8ggiPEdH =vLSx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message