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Date:      Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:34:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      opentrax@email.com
To:        andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: misc/22980: Strange behaviour in domain name resolution!!
Message-ID:  <200011212134.NAA00476@spammie.svbug.com>
In-Reply-To: <200011210650.WAA42253@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On 20 Nov, Andre Albsmeier wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR misc/22980; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
> To: Marco Pizzi <marcolin@net-one.it>
> Cc: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>,
> 	m.pizzi@net-one.it, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: misc/22980: Strange behaviour in domain name resolution!!
> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 07:44:47 +0100
> 
>  On Mon, 20-Nov-2000 at 23:07:44 +0100, Marco Pizzi wrote:
>  > At 22.00 20/11/00 +0100, Andre Albsmeier wrote:
>  > >On Mon, 20-Nov-2000 at 09:28:53 -0800, m.pizzi@net-one.it wrote:
>  > > >
>  > > > --
>  > > > parigi# nslookup nw_milano.bgsdarcy.it
>  > > > Server:  ginevra.net-one.it
>  > > > Address:  212.177.116.30
>  > > >
>  > > > Non-authoritative answer:
>  > > > Name:    nw_milano.bgsdarcy.it
>  > > > Address:  193.70.120.194
>  > > > --
>  > > > Now, look at this:
>  > > > ---
>  > > > parigi# telnet nw_milano.bgsdarcy.it 25
>  > > > nw_milano.bgsdarcy.it: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution
>  > >
>  > >Maybe removing the illegal underscore might help. You could use
>  > >a '-' instead of the '_'.
>  > 
>  > But THAT is the real name of the server.
>  
>  Well, I didn't doubt that it is the real name. But the
>  name is illegal since it contains an underscore. I don't
>  know if this causes the problem.
>  
>  > That is not my server.
>  > Also, the name resolution doesn't fail on a Linux or a Solaris machine!
>  
>  That doesn't mean they are correct.
>  
Yes, there is an RFC for this also.
Does anyone remember the RFC off hand and where to get it?




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