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[ILUG] Class C Addresses

[ILUG] Class C Addresses

Thomas Bridge tbridge at vianetworks.ie
Thu Nov 8 17:14:05 GMT 2001


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At 20:28 07/11/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Scott Wunsch wrote:
>
> >
> > Take a look at the new RFC I mentioned.  It does, unfortunately, specify
> > that the underscore is now required.
>
>which i dont quite understand, as "_" is not an allowed char in DNS
>names. (unless that's changed too).

It's not allowed in host names (ie the LHS of an A RR).   That doesn't mean 
it can't be used elsewhere.

T.


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