IDN, dig and underscore

[Andre Masella]

> > If I do:
> > $ dig _ldap._tcp.example.com
> > dig: convert UTF-8 textname to IDN encoding: prohibited character found
> The underscore here is only allowed for SRV records.

Uhh, okay. Even if that is the case, it's a problem. Kerberos exects records 
like:
_kerberos.asdf.com. IN TXT "ASDF.COM"
which is in draft-ietf-cat-krb-dns-locate-02.txt

> Try dig _ldap._tcp.example.com SRV

$  dig _ldap._tcp.example.com SRV
dig: convert UTF-8 textname to IDN encoding: prohibited character found
$  dig -t srv _ldap._tcp.example.com
dig: convert UTF-8 textname to IDN encoding: prohibited character found

> and you shouldn't have a problem. If you do it's a bug in dig. I'm not
> sure whether or not IDN is involved here.

I guess it's a bug. Should I send this along to bind9-bugs at isc.org? Thanks.
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--Andre Masella (andre at masella.no-ip.org)