Underscores in host names

Thu May 19 12:00:44 UTC 2005

> --- original message ---
> from: Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org>
> to: nanog at merit.edu
> Re: Underscores in host names
> Datum: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:40:32 +1000 (EST)
> 
> 	Hostnames can't have a dot at the end either.  The dot at the
> 	end is a local resolver indication to not use the search list.
> 

/etc/hosts:

217.29.76.4       IT2.MIX-IT.NET  IT2.MIX-IT.NET.

Why?

Because programmes like
check_soa from the O'Reilly book "DNS and BIND" or
sendmail
believe it makes sense to force a dot at the end of
every name they look up.

There are nameservers in the root zone file that DNS will
not find. /etc/hosts is the only way to get them.
Dont forget to have both names with and without dot.

That is horrible, but I have to live with it

Regards,
Peter and Karin Dambier

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