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Re: Underscores in host names
From: Brad Knowles <brad () stop mail-abuse org>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:47:09 +0200
At 3:39 PM +1000 2005-05-19, Mark Andrews wrote:
Any tld that thinks this will ever work reliably need their heads read. There was a good reason all the unqualified hosts got moved into .ARPA. Single label hosts do not work well on a global scale.
No, they don't, but .ws and .gw are not going to be the only ones doing this kind of thing, and this problem won't go away unless something is done to expressly prohibit this kind of behaviour.
-- Brad Knowles, <brad () stop mail-abuse org> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info.
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- Re: Underscores in host names Steven Champeon (May 17)
- Re: Underscores in host names Stephane Bortzmeyer (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names David Conrad (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Tony Finch (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Mark Andrews (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names william(at)elan.net (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names David A. Ulevitch (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names william(at)elan.net (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Mark Andrews (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Brad Knowles (May 19)
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- Re: Underscores in host names Jay R. Ashworth (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names bmanning (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names Brad Knowles (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names Tony Finch (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Brad Knowles (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names Tony Finch (May 19)
- Re: Underscores in host names Tony Finch (May 18)
- Re: Underscores in host names Stephane Bortzmeyer (May 18)