Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 09:30:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/29388: DNS resolver problem (gethostbyaddr) Message-ID: <200108021630.f72GU1m59919@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/29388; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com>
To: "Alexander S. Usov" <usov@ukr.net>,
freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:
Subject: Re: misc/29388: DNS resolver problem (gethostbyaddr)
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 09:22:39 -0700
DNS does not allow '_' (underscores) in host names. This is per
one of the DNS RFC's (but of course I cannot find the number right
now).
- JimP
On Thursday 02 August 2001 07:08 am, Alexander S. Usov wrote:
> >Number: 29388
> >Category: misc
> >Synopsis: DNS resolver problem (gethostbyaddr)
> >Confidential: no
> >Severity: non-critical
> >Priority: medium
> >Responsible: freebsd-bugs
> >State: open
> >Quarter:
> >Keywords:
> >Date-Required:
> >Class: sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id: current-users
> >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 02 07:10:24 PDT 2001
> >Closed-Date:
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator: Alexander S. Usov
> >Release: 4-STABLE
> >Organization:
> >Environment:
>
> FreeBSD darkini.itv 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #1: Wed Aug 1 13:48:00
> EEST 2001 root@darkini.itv:/usr/src/sys/compile/DARKINI i386
>
> >Description:
>
> When I perform dns lookup with gethostbyaddr(3), and destination machine
> has an underscore (_) in its name, I get an NO_RECOVERY error code.
> When I use dig(1) or nslookup(1) I get a correct answer.
>
> Note:
> As a DNS server/cache I use djbdns-1.05.
>
> >How-To-Repeat:
> >
> >Fix:
> >
> >Release-Note:
> >Audit-Trail:
> >Unformatted:
>
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