Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 16:15:05 -0600 (MDT) From: Glenn Chisholm <glenn@ircache.net> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>, Michael Mannsberger <mannsber@starmedia.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re:(2) hey Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908121608310.280-100000@abalaea.ircache.net> In-Reply-To: <37B343A8.A94CD343@ispro.net.tr>
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> Well, I am the person who has this problem. > The RFCs does not explicitly say that we should not use underscore > character > as far as I understood. But it suggests which characters we should use. > RFC 952 1. A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus sign (-), and period (.). Note that periods are only allowed when they serve to delimit components of "domain style names". RFC 1101 The current syntax for network names, as defined by [RFC 952] is an alphanumeric string of up to 24 characters, which begins with an alpha, and may include "." and "-" except as first and last characters. This is the format which was also used for host names before the DNS. Upward compatibility with existing names might be a goal of any new scheme. The above two documents limit the characters that may be used a a _ is not one of them. FreeBSD behaves correctly in this manner. RFC 1033 is only a informational RFC and should not be treated as a standard. glenn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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