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From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: Underscore in domainname?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970115160009.23098x-100000@mail.cdsnet.net> from Jaye Mathisen at "Jan 15, 97 04:04:15 pm"
To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net (Jaye Mathisen)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:20:30 +1100 (EST)
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Jaye Mathisen writes:

> BIND seems to think that anybody with an _ in their name is bogus, or at
> least, no response is ever authoritative.

The use of '_' in a domain name has always been bogus, however, Bind
previously did not enforce this. Versions over the last couple of years
(4.9.2/3) warned of this. Recent versions now refuse them.

Get them to fix their data (the non-compliant hostnames), the DNS isn't
broken,

	michael