Messages On Startup

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Thu Aug 19 22:54:17 UTC 2004


> Well, technically, underscore is invalid in a "host name", and some 
> ancient versions of BIND (like the buggy, insecure version you're using) 
> actually try to enforce this restriction.
> 
> Upgrade. Later versions of BIND gave up trying to police hostname 
> restrictions.

	By popular demand check-names is supported in BIND 9.3.
 
	The correct fix is to get rid of the illegal hostname.
	If you want to be on the Internet you need to play by
	the rules of the Internet.

	Mark
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