zone begins with number

[Peter Dambier]

Phil Mansfield wrote:
> I currently run Bind 9 on my external dns servers.  I need to create a
> zone that begins with a number.  Unfortunately, Bind9 does not allow me
> to do this in the current configuration.  Upon attempting to create, I
> get a message that says "Poor DNS Name" and it lets me go no further.
> One need only go so far as www.3com.com <http://www.3com.com/>  to see
> that you can in fact make them.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 

Try servers

84.22.100.13
84.22.100.150

for domains "101", "1-1", "101.1-1" and "1-1.101".

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any @84.22.100.150 101
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1775
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;101.                           IN      ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
101.                    172800  IN      SOA     echnaton.serveftp.com. peter.peter-dambier.de. 200507020 10800 7200 3600000 10800
101.                    172800  IN      NS      ns1.101.
101.                    172800  IN      NS      ns2.101.
101.                    172800  IN      A       213.246.44.61

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.101.                172800  IN      A       84.22.100.13
ns2.101.                172800  IN      A       199.2.106.211

;; Query time: 85 msec
;; SERVER: 84.22.100.150#53(84.22.100.150)
;; WHEN: Mon Aug  8 20:26:41 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 184



; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any @84.22.100.150 mail.101
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59569
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mail.101.                      IN      ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mail.101.               172800  IN      MX      20 melampus.serveftp.com.
mail.101.               172800  IN      MX      10 echnaton.serveftp.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
101.                    172800  IN      NS      ns1.101.
101.                    172800  IN      NS      ns2.101.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.101.                172800  IN      A       84.22.100.13
ns2.101.                172800  IN      A       199.2.106.211

;; Query time: 105 msec
;; SERVER: 84.22.100.150#53(84.22.100.150)
;; WHEN: Mon Aug  8 20:28:34 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 156


Yes, you can send me email to peter at mail.101.


Works with windows and linux. BSD is told be behave somewhat different.
MAC OS X? I heard no complaints.

This is an experiment of the Public-Root. The toplevel domains "1-1" and
"101" will be given back to their owner when the experiment is finished. :)

If it works with toplevel domains it should work for your domains too.


-- 
Peter and Karin Dambier
Public-Root
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