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[Kevin Darcy]

Mark Andrews wrote:

>>>	And usually intranet's choose to follow the RFC's as well as
>>>	that is vendors manufacture products to.  That what they list
>>>	in there purchace requirements documents etc.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>I've never seen strict RFC 952 compliance listed as a requirement for a 
>>vendor's product. In fact, many vendors use underscores in the names 
>>they use in examples, documentation, etc., and sometimes even hard-code 
>>underscored names into their products. From what I've seen, RFC 952's 
>>underscore restriction has been ignored for a long long time.
>>    
>>
>
>	Well did you bother to inform the vendors that they are
>	handing out *bad* advice, got a illegal hostname.  Did
>	you ask the vendor to fix the product defect?
>
>	If I got a piece of hardware that was designed to be connected
>	to a IP network and had a hard coded illegal hostname I
>	would be sending it back to be repaired or to get a refund.
>  
>
Hmmm, okay, I'll go tell our plant-floor folks that they can't use their 
paint-control/milling/stamping/machining/welding/electronics-testing 
devices any more and they'll just have to improvise somehow...

In a manufacturing environment, "RFC compliance" and 50 cents might just 
buy somebody a (small) cup of coffee. But, by itself, it's not going to 
change anyone's purchasing or warranty-return decisions.

                                                                         
                                 - Kevin