Messages On Startup

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cg3dbh$17bj$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:

> Mark Andrews wrote:
> 
> >>Well, technically, underscore is invalid in a "host name", and some 
> >>ancient versions of BIND (like the buggy, insecure version you're using) 
> >>actually try to enforce this restriction.
> >>
> >>Upgrade. Later versions of BIND gave up trying to police hostname 
> >>restrictions.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >	By popular demand check-names is supported in BIND 9.3.
> >
> One can only hope that the default setting is sensible.
> 
> >	The correct fix is to get rid of the illegal hostname.
> >	If you want to be on the Internet you need to play by
> >	the rules of the Internet.
> >
> Is BIND "the Internet"? Why then does it presume to enforce "the 
> Internet"'s rules? The DNS protocol itself has no problems with 
> underscores, and IMO that's all BIND should be concerned with. Not to 
> mention the fact that BIND and DNS are also run on intranets where "the 
> Internet"'s rules don't apply...

That's why there's a configuration option.  Since BIND is usually used 
on Internet hosts, it's not unreasonable for the default setting to 
match this use.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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