From nobody@www.freebsd.org Sun May 19 07:13:25 2002 Return-Path: Received: from nwww.freebsd.org (www.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45AA137B409 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 07:13:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nwww.freebsd.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g4JEDOhG031162 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 07:13:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g4JEDO7b031161; Sun, 19 May 2002 07:13:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200205191413.g4JEDO7b031161@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 07:13:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Mayr To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: traceroute www.gov.mk doesn't work, host does. _ in aliased domain X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >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 To: Michael Mayr 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 --yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org --yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: FreeBSD: The Power To Serve iEYEARECAAYFAjzoEeYACgkQObaG4P6BelB/wwCgjmlyrhKfEuqwdmhtrDqFEomQ rUEAnjxhs2zd6UuaZz9pUGuF8ggiPEdH =vLSx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yNb1oOkm5a9FJOVX-- 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 >Unformatted: