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Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 07:13:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Mayr <Michael.Mayr@web.de>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: traceroute www.gov.mk doesn't work, host does. _ in aliased domain
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>Number:         38291
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       traceroute www.gov.mk doesn't work, host does. _ in aliased domain
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 19 07:20:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:    Sun May 19 14:42:07 PDT 2002
>Last-Modified:  Sun May 19 14:42:07 PDT 2002
>Originator:     Michael Mayr
>Release:        4.5 release
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD XXX 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE #0: Sun May  5 03:58:56 CEST 2002     XXX@XXX:/usr/src/sys/compile/XXX  i386
>Description:
bash-2.05a$ traceroute www.gov.mk
traceroute: unknown host www.gov.mk

bash-2.05a$ host www.gov.mk
www.gov.mk is a nickname for mn_server.zic.gov.mk
mn_server.zic.gov.mk has address 194.149.136.55

it seems that traceroute doesn't work with (aliased) domains that contain a _ (btw. ping shows the same odd behavior)
>How-To-Repeat:
      traceroute www.gov.mk
>Fix:
      i don't know
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>
To: Michael Mayr <Michael.Mayr@web.de>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/38291: traceroute www.gov.mk doesn't work, host does. _ in aliased domain
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 16:58:14 -0400

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 On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 07:13:24AM -0700, Michael Mayr wrote:
 >=20
 > >Number:         38291
 > >Category:       misc
 > >Synopsis:       traceroute www.gov.mk doesn't work, host does. _ in alia=
 sed domain
 =2E..
 > bash-2.05a$ traceroute www.gov.mk
 > traceroute: unknown host www.gov.mk
 >=20
 > bash-2.05a$ host www.gov.mk
 > www.gov.mk is a nickname for mn_server.zic.gov.mk
 > mn_server.zic.gov.mk has address 194.149.136.55
 >=20
 > it seems that traceroute doesn't work with (aliased) domains that contain=
  a _ (btw. ping shows the same odd behavior)
 >=20
 
 Since underscores are not allows in hostnames, the behaviour
 is not 'odd'.  host(1) simply looks up the information and
 displays it as recieved; other utilities do not work due to
 your name server [properly] not resolving improper hostnames.
 
 --=20
 Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org
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 FreeBSD: The Power To Serve   -   http://www.FreeBSD.org
 
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State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: cjc 
State-Changed-When: Sun May 19 14:41:10 PDT 2002 
State-Changed-Why:  
Underscore characters are not allowed in DNS labels. See RFC 1035.  

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=38291 
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