[317] in Hesiod
Re: BIND 4.9.4 and Hesiod: No Go?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derrick J. Brashear)
Fri Jul 26 14:41:10 1996
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:37:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Derrick J. Brashear" <shadow@DEMENTIA.ORG>
Reply-To: "Derrick J. Brashear" <shadow@DEMENTIA.ORG>
To: Mike Busby <mcb@mach.eng.hou.compaq.com>
Cc: hesiod@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <m0ujpDk-00000KC@mach.eng.hou.compaq.com>
>
> We are concerned with the fact that BIND 4.9.4, in order to conform
> to the RFCs, will disallow certain characters to be used in keys.
>
> This has major implications for Hesiod as regular expressions, slashes,
> etc. can be used in DNS keys in amd automounter maps and other
> applications.
>
> What steps are being taken at other sites to address this?
This issue was raised on the bind-workers mailing list, and the answer as I
recall was that these limitations applied only to A records (and presumably
AAAA records, but I don't remember). Since presumably you export only TXT (and
possibly CNAME) records, it should not be a problem.
I can go hunt for mail if anyone cares.
-D
