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Bill Vermillion wrote:

> I made the comment to the adminstrator then the the names with
> underscores were illegal.
> 
> However the older versions of Bind accepted this.  It is the newer
> versions that enforce that.   You can't say "to be fair  our NT
> boxes resolved the name OK .." unless you are comparing it
> with the versions of BIND in the 1995/6 area.

Our Bind 8.2 systems here didn't have a problem resolving it, I know they have
a problem serving it though :)

>  Just because it
> used to comply doesn't mean the MS needs to stick with that.  They
> do need to keep up with current standards.

Absolutely...

-Kp


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