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LISTSERV give-and-take forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 Aug 1996 14:25:00 -0500
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Re: legal node name?
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<[log in to unmask]> from "John Hammond" at Aug 22, 96 01:54:09 pm
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Catherine Anne Foulston <[log in to unmask]>
 
John Hammond writes:
 
> On Thu, 22 Aug 1996 10:27:43 CDT Chris Barnes said:
> >Is the "_" an illegal character?  If so, does anyone have the RFC
 
> In short, "_" is an invalid character in a host name.
 
It may be worth noting that older DNS software did not enforce
this restriction, but the latest versions of BIND do enforce it.
Anyone who has hostnames with "_" in them should think about
changing them soon.
 
        Cathy
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Catherine Foulston      [log in to unmask]      Rice University Network Management

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