Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:53:33 +1100 From: Mark.Andrews@isc.org To: David J Duchscher <daved@nostrum.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: Resolver Issues (non valid hostname characters) Message-ID: <200303260353.h2Q3rXpE028440@drugs.dv.isc.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:24:09 MDT." <6888D394-5F3A-11D7-90A2-0003930B3DA4@nostrum.com>
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> On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 08:46 PM, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Marius Strom wrote: > >> I've submitted a PR for this: misc/50299 documenting the RFC > >> mis-following (is that a word?) as well as a patch for res_comp.c. > > > > Great. > > > > If this is committed before RFC-952 is updated, FreeBSD users > > can now define host names that break other machines on the net > > which are strictly conformant to RFC-952. > > Which will just make us behave like rest of the world. I have tested > resolvers on Solaris, Windows, MacOS X, MacOS 9, IRIX, Linux, AIX. > They all will resolve a name with an underscore character. Only the > *BSD boxes fail because of the check. > > > What is the first maxim of protocol design? > > > > "Be generous in what you accept, strict in what you generate". > > Which is why I would argue that the patch should be committed, maybe > with an option to enable it. We are talking about the resolver, not a > DNS or hostname server. The resolver should resolve the name, be > generous. It just depends at what level you apply the maxim. The > check should be in the DNS server not in the resolver IMHO. > > DaveD The current implementation fits this. It handles (accepts) garbage in and only returns (generates) clean respones to the application. If the resolver died receiving underscore you would something to complain about. Currently it just filters out ALL illegal responses. Mark -- Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@isc.org
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