Re: [squid-users] "_" (underline) in website names

----- Original Message -----
From: "John W Baxter" <jwblist@olympus.net>
To: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] "_" (underline) in website names

> At 12:40 +1000 5/19/2001, Robert Collins wrote:
> >Not for RFC 2616. "a proxy MUST implement both the client and server
> >requirements." Squid is not permitted to forward requests that do not
> >meet the requirements of the specification. Thus squid is not allowed
to
> >forward requests with "_" in the hostname.
>
> That's all well and good, but who gets to explain that to the powers
that be at
> nh_bremerton.med.navy.mil [Bremerton Naval Hospital, Bremerton,
WA]
> It is (until we recompile) blocking access to their web site from home
from
> someone working at a higher-level office (they use absolute internal
URL
> links, not relative, so going in with an IP address doesn't help).
There's
> a good chance that they've used that name since before it became
improper.

Mmm. I'm not as fluent on DNS specs, but IIRC DNS never allowed _ in dns
names either. A particular broken OS we all know and love allows _ in
netbios names though, and possibly thats the historical reason for the
machine name.

> Thanks for the thread, which shows me a likely solution for our
problem,
> despite RFC2616. It's good to have the option.

Just be aware that squid _violates_ both the http/1.0 and http/1.1
specifications when that workaround is in use. Having said that - it's
your call.

Rob

> --John
> --
> John Baxter jwblist@olympus.net Port Ludlow, WA, USA
>
Received on Sun May 20 2001 - 16:14:14 MDT