Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:18:37 -0600 From: David J Duchscher <daved@nostrum.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Resolver Issues (non valid hostname characters) Message-ID: <DA188857-5E78-11D7-9A3A-0003930B3DA4@nostrum.com>
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It seems that the use of invalid characters in hostnames is cropping up more and more. Besides complaining to the offending site which often doesn't work, I was wondering if these restrictions on FreeBSD should be re-examined. At this time, it seems that many OSes are no longer enforcing this requirement or never have. In my case, I am running into a hostnames with an underscore character in the name. It seems that Linux, MacOS X, Solaris and Windows all allow this hostname to resolve but FreeBSD, as well as the other *BSD, reject it. Should FreeBSD follow suit? DaveD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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