Re: weaknesses in dns label decoding,

From: der Mouse (mouseat_private)
Date: Thu Jun 03 1999 - 08:51:04 PDT

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> Many sysadmins disable BIND's "check-names" option because their less
> knowledgeable colleagues assign illegal names.  In particular, many
> use underscores in system names, even though they're verboten.

> BIND *should* have a separate option that allows underscores in names
> to accommodate this frequent glitch, but it doesn't.

Why?  How is it a favor to anyone to allow some illegal names but not
others?  (Of course, I don't entirely understand why check-names is
optional at all; I can't see how it's a favor to anyone to ever accept
illegal names....)

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