Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:49:27 -0600 (CST) From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does host and dig show a ; as \;? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0812091344020.23053@thebighonker.lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <493ECA0D.7090901@andric.com> References: <004901c95a1c$5c6b2680$15417380$@org> <493ECA0D.7090901@andric.com>
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 2008-12-09 17:36, Larry Rosenman wrote: >> Why does the host command, dig, and a named_db.dump all show a ; as \; in a >> TXT record? > > AFAICS the semicolon is a comment character in BIND software (at least > in all config files and so on), and therefore it needs to be escaped. > This is in the responses as shown: $ host -t txt blueprint._domainkey.lombardi.com blueprint._domainkey.lombardi.com descriptive text "v=DKIM1\; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDCkAwTHQf0339ugaLhgZWCfGWvgzB92PrD03kpk/RsFv5novZZT0QnL2zVXyBFHe2BjbVrfOl9oF33A3hniVrt89iz3dhZD9NWiYsBZl5qYhTfNe7Ia8ZeBb+PuswQnEWG5/aFmkAoDj2L6RHUJlAyjDo4dxCbqnDiFUiV4BqMQQIDAQAB\;" But the actual record does NOT have the \ in it. This was confusing to me. -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893
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