Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 20:44:45 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Webster <andrew@fortress.org> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Underscore in domainname? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970115204259.18363D-100000@guardian.fortress.org> 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. Yes, the _ is indeed invalid. See the domain naming convention policies on rs.internic.net. The only legal characters now are the letters A through Z, the dash (-) and the digits 0 through 9. Your version of bind is correctly thinking that the name with the _ is bogus. Someone needs to send a nice letter explaining this to the mcafee sysadmins! Andrew Webster andrew@pubnix.net PubNIX Montreal Connected to the world Branche au monde P.O. Box 147 Cote Saint Luc, Quebec H4V 2Y3 tel 514.990.5911 http://www.pubnix.net fax 514.990.9443
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