underscores in hostname

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 02:27:17PM +0100, Roy Arends wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 HAG.Keijzer at mindef.nl wrote:
> > okay okay okay I know that underscores _ are NOT allowed in hostnames.
> > 
> > However, i'm in an environment with a lot of crap, and tons of names with
> > underscores.
...
> You can use the check-names option in your options list.
...

Good advice, as far as it goes.  But in preparaton for BIND 9, which I
believe no longer has this option, you should get rid of any
underscores in host names.

BIND 9 is tough on RFC violators.  ;->

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