"Michael ODonnell" writes:
>
> > (I detest FUD, even if it's aimed at a target I also dislike.)
>
> (sigh) You're right. I could swear that just before I posted my comment I
> had read (parts of) a rant (with examples) about how Microsoft disregards
> the DNS hostname rules on the Internet, but
> (I detest FUD, even if it's aimed at a target I also dislike.)
(sigh) You're right. I could swear that just before I posted my comment I
had read (parts of) a rant (with examples) about how Microsoft disregards
the DNS hostname rules on the Internet, but maybe I was hallucinating - I
now ca
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Michael ODonnell
wrote:
> ... and instances of blatant [cough]Microsoft[cough] disregard ...
Not sure what you're after there.
Windows allows underscores in the hostname. Linux also allows
underscores in the hostname. There is no rule that says your hostna
After refreshing my memory here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname
...which references (what appear to be) the relevant RFCs, I recall
that underscores are definitely not legal, but the corner cases (and
instances of blatant [cough]Microsoft[cough] disregard) are interesting...
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