Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 08:28:20 -0500 (EST) From: "Stephen F. Combs" <steve@combs.salem.ge.com> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Underscore in domainname? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970116082521.490J-100000@combs.salem.ge.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970115160009.23098x-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
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Jaye, Underscores are NOT LEGAL in domain/host names. I don't remember the RFC's but it's mentioned in one of them (it's somewhere in the 495 docs). ---- Stephen F. Combs Internet: CombsSF@Salem.GE.COM GE Industrial Systems Voice: 540.387.8828 Network Services Home: CombsSF-Home@Salem.GE.COM 1501 Roanoke Blvd FAX: 540.387.7106 Salem, VA 24153 LapTop: CombsSF-Mobile@Salem.GE.COM On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:04:15 -0800 (PST) > From: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> > To: hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Underscore in domainname? > > > > 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. > >
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