Re: 1.0.12 and URL containing an underscore

> With Squid 1.0.12, Linux 2.0.21 and Netscape Navigator 3.0:
>
> =======
> While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.crc_cuse.usherb.ca/
>
> The following error was encountered:
>
> DNS name lookup failure
>
> The system returned:
>
> DNS Domain 'www.crc_cuse.usherb.ca' is invalid: Non recoverable
> errors.
> ========
>
> However:
>
> # nslookup www.crc_cuse.usherb.ca
> Server: ns.CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca
> Address: 192.219.64.2
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name: www.crc_cuse.usherb.ca
> Address: 132.210.161.70

This is probably because `_' is not valid in a hostname. This was
a problem for us when we upgraded to bind 4.9.4.
Received on Tue Oct 22 1996 - 07:08:05 MDT