Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:06:01 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Eygene Ryabinkin <rea-fbsd@codelabs.ru> Subject: Re: Why does host and dig show a ; as \;? Message-ID: <4945C999.7020307@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0812142100310.5688@thebighonker.lerctr.org> References: <004901c95a1c$5c6b2680$15417380$@org> <493ECA0D.7090901@andric.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0812091344020.23053@thebighonker.lerctr.org> <b%2BMjVE/xHUFxXn67Dp5hNFnMq1c@U5Ym/LsUjF/pShfbLUXrQuw8cMs> <4945BF21.7080406@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0812142100310.5688@thebighonker.lerctr.org>
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Larry Rosenman wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Doug Barton wrote:
>
>>
>> I've never come across this, but if I had to guess I'd say that it does
>> so for maximum compatibility with a wide variety of DNS software.
>> Remember the robustness principle, "liberal in what you accept,
>> conservative in what you send."
>
> I'm just surprised it prints it that way, but the actual DNS responses
> do *NOT* contain the escaping.
>
> It was a surprise, at least to me, while trying to verify the RR's.
>
> Turns out the real problem was unrelated, but this still surprised me.
After 14 years I'm still surprised by the DNS on a somewhat regular
basis. :)
Doug
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