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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