Re: Incorrect DNS

Michael Pelletier wrote:
>
>On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Rania Fakhoury wrote:
>> While trying to retrieve the URL: <http://www.radio_one.com.lb/>
>
>Radio One, Inc (RADIO-ONE-DOM)
> 100 Paul St. 6th Floor
> Baltimore, MD 21202
> US
>
> Domain Name: RADIO-ONE.COM
>
>Note the hyphen. An underscore is not a valid DNS name character.
>
While that statement is quite true and they should change the
underscore immediatly, Rania is not talking about an USA domain.
This is what he means:

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$ dig www.radio_one.com.lb
; <<>> DiG 2.1 <<>> www.radio_one.com.lb 
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 1, Auth: 2, Addit: 2
;; QUESTIONS:
;;      www.radio_one.com.lb, type = A, class = IN
;; ANSWERS:
www.radio_one.com.lb.   431476  A       193.188.135.253
;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
radio_one.com.lb.       86400   NS      adonis.inco.com.lb.
radio_one.com.lb.       86400   NS      phoenix.inco.com.lb.
;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
adonis.inco.com.lb.     86400   A       193.188.135.3
phoenix.inco.com.lb.    86400   A       193.188.135.4
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Read: all of this is in the Lebanon and not in Kansas anymore. ;-)
Dewa,
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