Message for Bind-users

[Barry Margolin]

In article <8BA17A12ACBDD11195FD0000F807D2160891627D at imps0034.us.dg.com>,
McNair, Dan <DMcNair at dgexchange.dg.com> wrote:
>Correct me if I am wrong, but the underscore is not a legal character in
>any domain name.  This is not a limitation of BIND, it is a restriction
>imposed by the domain name standard.  My guess is that there are both
>practical and historical reasons for the restriction.

You're correct.

You can disable BIND's check for this by using the "check-names" option.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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