Re: damn underscores

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Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
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> Duane Wessels wrote:
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> > to: Duane Wessels <wessels@nlanr.net>
> > from: Paul A Vixie <paul@vix.com>
> > date: Wed, 06 May 1998 13:54:30 -0700
> > subject: Re: damn underscores
> >
> > late model BIND does not allow _'s in "A" owners or "MX" or "NS" or "PTR"
> > targets.
> >
> > ------- End of Forwarded Message
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> But the question remains: Should Squid be strict on this or should we
> leave it to the underlying resolver? I vote for the latter, with a
> option to make it strict.
>
> Having Squid more restrictive than the underlying resolver is only
> confusing, and generates additional questions.

I hate the whole RFC1033/underscore debate, and wish underscores in
domain names would just go away. I am reluctantly forced to vote with
Henrik though. It should not be stricter than the underlying
componenture, unless that strictness is an option.

D

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