To:
"dhiraj Dhiraj" <gdhiraj@novell.com>, <dnsop@cafax.se>, <namedroppers@ops.ietf.org>
From:
Danny Mayer <mayer@gis.net>
Date:
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 20:38:17 -0500
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<scbc968a.051@prv-mail25.provo.novell.com>
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: Valid charecter set in DNS
At 10:24 PM 4/16/02, dhiraj Dhiraj wrote:
>Hi all,
> I have a question regarding the valid character set in
>DNS. I have seen RFC 1034, 1123, 2181. It seems RFC 2181 removes the
>restrictions of RFC 1034,1123 which says that only letters, digits, and
>hyphen are allowed. I wanted to know whether this interpretation is
>correct or not and if it is, then what are the applications that require
>other characters? I am aware of that underscores are required bcoz of
>the SRV RR.
This is incorrect. Microsoft requires underscores it for its Active Directory
information. It's not part of any RFC for SRV Records.
Danny