Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 06:05:34 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: des@ofug.org Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Allow underscores in DNS names Message-ID: <20030330.060534.18864762.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <xzp4r5ljitl.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <xzpu1dm2k2h.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030329.164403.54601077.imp@bsdimp.com> <xzp4r5ljitl.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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des@ofug.org (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: > When this has come up in the past, it was decreed that _ is a bad b=
ad
: > bad bad idea, even though people want it. You might want to check =
the
: > ancient archives (1998?) for all the reasons why.
: =
: Arguments presented in ancient archives are not necessarily relevant
: five years later.
True. However, they are still relevant today. '_' is illegal in DNS
names, is rejected by the majority of hosts on the internet and
generally is a bad idea. If you do it, make it optional.
Warner
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