[10711] in bugtraq
Re: weaknesses in dns label decoding,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (der Mouse)
Fri Jun 4 12:53:01 1999
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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 11:51:04 -0400
Reply-To: der Mouse <mouse@RODENTS.MONTREAL.QC.CA>
From: der Mouse <mouse@RODENTS.MONTREAL.QC.CA>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
> 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....)
der Mouse
mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca
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