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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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