From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 25 21:34:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC30837B401 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:34:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd6mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C67CB43F85 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 21:34:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpressey@catseye.mb.ca) Received: from pd4mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.214]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HCC00N2HCU25A@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:34:50 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml7so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml7so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.151]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.6 (built Apr 26 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HCC000A1CU2ME@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:34:50 -0700 (MST) Received: from www.kallisti.ca (h24-70-180-74.wp.shawcable.net [24.70.180.74]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with SMTP id <0HCC0037CCU1EZ@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:34:50 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 23:34:25 -0600 From: Chris Pressey In-reply-to: To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20030325233425.43baf76a.cpressey@catseye.mb.ca> Organization: Cat's Eye Technologies MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <200303260353.h2Q3rXpE028440@drugs.dv.isc.org> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-26.1 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Subject: Re: Resolver Issues (non valid hostname characters) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:34:57 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:34:57 -0000 On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:51:44 -0600 David J Duchscher wrote: > I can't talk to some hosts on the internet because FreeBSD will not > resolve the host name which over 99% of the host on the Internet will. > I guess that just doesn't matter. > > DaveD I don't get it. If I run a non-standard web server, I wouldn't expect to be able to serve web pages to standard user agents. If I use a non-standard host name, why should I expect to be able to be reached by standard resolvers? i.e. You can't talk to some hosts because their host name is broken. The problem is on *their* end, just as if they were running a gratuitously incompatible http server. How is this FreeBSD's fault? (I must admit I'm a little biased... I can't bring myself to seriously believe that a host with an underscore in its name could possibly have anything to offer that I'd be interested in...) -Chris