Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 09:24:58 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Underscore in domainname? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970115091553.16210C-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970115160009.23098x-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
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On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > > I'm using squid as a proxy server under FreeBSD-current, and a few of our > users are having trouble wiht www.mcafee.com, which is a CNAME for > sc_axp2.mcafee.com. > > > The _ is apparently causing the problem, as other hosts with _'s kill > squid as well. BIND seems to think that anybody with an _ in their name > is bogus, or at least, no response is ever authoritative. > > (I'm using BIND 4.9.5 on my main nameserver). > > If I had a better way to narrow this down, I would. Any tip appreciated. > > > "_" is NOT allowed in hostnames. New BINDs enforce this. Send e-mail to the domain contact at mcafee.com to fix it. Tom
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