Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:08:06 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Resolver Issues (non valid hostname characters) Message-ID: <20030326180201.J5609-100000@fubar.adept.org> In-Reply-To: <3026.1048673921@thrush.ravenbrook.com>
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Nick Barnes wrote: > > RFC 952 is in effect until a subsequent standards track RFC is > > in effect. Just because Linux allows you to specif host names > > that break other machines, doesn't mean FreeBSD should. Spot on. If this was a valid argument, we would have 'allowed' underscores all along since our favorite friend M$ has for as long as I recall. If vendor foo jumps off a cliff, should we too? > The relevant standard is STD13 (RFC1034 and RFC1035), which does > indeed require LDH for hostnames. <snip> As I see it there are standards published. Some vendors choose to ignore standards making life hard for everyone. Follow standards. Believe it or not, they come to exist for a reason. OTOH, if you don't like the standard, work to effect change. Specifically, change or update the standard and promote conformance. -mrh
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