Underscore Character

[Barry Margolin]

In article <3821C49B.41C67EA6 at hokaido.ivic.ve>,
Jesus Quiroz  <jquiroz at hokaido.ivic.ve> wrote:
>I'm installing bind 8.2.2, but I want to know if the underscore
>character ( _ ) is valid characer for a hostname, because I'm
>receiving the following error messages:

No, it isn't.  This has been discussed many times, I suggest you search for
"underscore" in the www.deja.com archives.

You can get rid of the checks by using the 'check-names' option in
named.conf.

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