Special characters in BIND-which version ?

[Joaquin J. Domens]

Hi,

Thanks for your kind response phn.

I've made some changes on the system (Solaris 8) to create de zone correctly
with the Ñ letter, and I've managed to put it right (later before I was unable
to write de ñ character in VI), so , the named.conf definition of the zone and
the db file are ok, but BIND it's still reading letter ñ as \241.

How can I tell BIND 8.2.3 to recognize letter Ñ ?¿¿, the set of characters on
the system are now o.k...................

This are the db file, named.conf definition and the errors I get

Thanks in advance
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: adsl/db.chorizosdeespaña.com:18: owner
name error
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: adsl/db.chorizosdeespaña.com:18: Database
error near (MX)
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: owner name "chorizosdeespa\241a.com" IN
(primary) is invalid - rejecting
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: adsl/db.chorizosdeespaña.com:23: owner
name error
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: adsl/db.chorizosdeespaña.com:23: Database
error near (A)
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: owner name "www.chorizosdeespa\241a.com"
IN (primary) is invalid - rejecting
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: adsl/db.chorizosdeespaña.com:24: owner
name error
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: adsl/db.chorizosdeespaña.com:24: Database
error near (A)
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: master zone "chorizosdeespa\241a.com"
(IN) rejected due to errors (serial 2002010301)
Jan  3 12:22:41 tpdns3 named[13534]: Ready to answer queries.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;db.chorizosdeespaña.com.
$TTL 3600
@               in      soa     dns3.terra.es.  dnsadmin.corp.terra.es.  (
                                2002010301       ;serial
                                3600                    ;refresh
                                1800                    ;retry
                                604800               ;expiration
                                3600 )                 ;minimum
;

; Servidores de DNS: terra (primario)  terra2 (secundario)
;
                        IN      NS      dns3.terra.es.
                        IN      NS      dns4.terra.es.
;
; Mail Exchangers
;
                IN      MX      100     mailhost.dominios.terra.es.

;
; Subdominios
;
chorizosdeespaña.com.  IN      A       195.XXX.XXX.XXX
www                                   IN      A        195.XXX.XXX.XXX
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:zone "chorizosdeespaña.com" {
        type master;
          file "adsl/db.chorizosdeespaña.com";
          notify yes;
          also-notify {XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX; };
        allow-transfer { interno_acl; };
};
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> phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote:

> Joaquin J. Domens <jdomens at corp.terra.es> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I new to the group .......
> > I'm running BIND 8.2.3 in several machines (Spain), and I'm  having
> > trouble with name-zones containing letter Ñ . As I can see it's a valid
> > character for registering domains, so my question is:
> Nope, it's not a valid character.
> Whan (if) International character set are available it will be through
> other methods, see the IDN working groups discussions on ietf's homepage.
> > - Can I implement it on BIND 8.23.or do I have to upgrade to a new
> > version ?¿
> You have to use proper character set if you want rest of the Internet
> to be able to reach you. What wou have been experimenting on
> is "snake-oil".
> > Thanks in advance
> > --
> > Joaquin J. Domens
> > Area de Aplicaciones
> > Terra Networks
> > Tlfno: 91 375 23 84
> --
> Peter Håkanson
>         IPSec  Sverige      (At the Riverside of Gothenburg, home of Volvo)
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>            Remove "icke-reklam" and it works.

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Joaquin J. Domens
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Terra Networks
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