Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:02:17 -0600 (CST) From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Eygene Ryabinkin <rea-fbsd@codelabs.ru> Subject: Re: Why does host and dig show a ; as \;? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0812142100310.5688@thebighonker.lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <4945BF21.7080406@FreeBSD.org> References: <004901c95a1c$5c6b2680$15417380$@org> <493ECA0D.7090901@andric.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0812091344020.23053@thebighonker.lerctr.org> <b%2BMjVE/xHUFxXn67Dp5hNFnMq1c@U5Ym/LsUjF/pShfbLUXrQuw8cMs> <4945BF21.7080406@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Doug Barton wrote: > > I've never come across this, but if I had to guess I'd say that it does > so for maximum compatibility with a wide variety of DNS software. > Remember the robustness principle, "liberal in what you accept, > conservative in what you send." I'm just surprised it prints it that way, but the actual DNS responses do *NOT* contain the escaping. It was a surprise, at least to me, while trying to verify the RR's. Turns out the real problem was unrelated, but this still surprised me. > > hth, > > Doug > > > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893
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