Re: 1.0.12 and URL containing an underscore

From: Franz Sirl <franz.sirl@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 16:00:16 +0200

At 09:20 22.10.96 -0700, Marc Delisle wrote:
>With Squid 1.0.12, Linux 2.0.21 and Netscape Navigator 3.0:
>
>=======
>While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.crc_cuse.usherb.ca/
>
>The following error was encountered:
>
> DNS name lookup failure
>
>The system returned:
>
> DNS Domain 'www.crc_cuse.usherb.ca' is invalid: Non recoverable
>errors.
>========

DNS doesn't allow underscores in domainnames, so your DNS-setup is faulty.
A dash (-) is the only allowed special character (as far as I remember).
You should use the tools out of the BIND/contrib directory to check your
domain.

Bye,

Franz Sirl

!!!>> Come and visit Bavaria!!
!!!>> Enjoy the alps, original bavarian beergardens and much more!

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