No. The PTR records that map from IP address to hostname enforce the hostname 
rules. 

-- 
Mark Andrews

> On 18 Feb 2021, at 02:20, Sten Carlsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 17 Feb 2021, at 12.34, ONRUBIA AVILES Carlos (CCS/MST) 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Indeed my question was on A record but the issue is on PTR record.
>> I can configure the following line:
>> 
>> _ptr.dekil.nl.      3600    IN      PTR     
>> _81.99-129-109.adsl-dyn.isp.dekil.nl
>> 
>> It works....we can use "_"  in both sides.
>> 
>> 
>> But what is strange is that the following configuration do not work:
>> 
>> 9.10.238.195.in-addr.arpa.       3600    IN      PTR     
>> por_tal-bis.skynet.be.
>> 
>> "_" is not allowed
>> 
>> Is it due to extra check by bind when it sees it is an arpa zone so no  "_" 
>> is allowed?
> 
> As previously mentioned, the RFCs expressly forbids the "_" in names.
> 
> I assume that a leading "_" slips past Bind's control because it "could" be 
> part of a valid but at compile time unknown _tcp -like label.
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Carlos,
>> 
>> 
>> Sensitivity: Internal Use Only
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ondřej Surý <[email protected]>
>> Sent: 17 February 2021 10:52
>> To: ONRUBIA AVILES Carlos (CCS/MST) <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Mark Andrews <[email protected]>; [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: underscore in A or PTR records
>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 17. 2. 2021, at 9:50, ONRUBIA AVILES Carlos (CCS/MST) 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The issue we face is that a telecom provider ask us to implement a PTR 
>>> record with a name like “example_try.net"
>> 
>> You are mixing the two things here. If the provider has asked you to create 
>> a PTR record, why do you keep trying to create a forward record? There’s 
>> some information missing somewhere.
>> 
>> Ondrej
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