The following reply was made to PR misc/154060; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Vladislav V. Prodan" <univers...@ukr.net> To: Breeze <breeze....@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/154060: Server Unknown Error while resolve ip by the name with minus before dot Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:27:16 +0200 16.01.2011 20:14, Breeze пиÑеÑ: >> Number: 154060 >> Category: misc >> Synopsis: Server Unknown Error while resolve ip by the name with >> minus before dot >> Confidential: no >> Severity: serious >> Priority: medium >> Responsible: freebsd-bugs >> State: open >> Quarter: >> Keywords: >> Date-Required: >> Class: sw-bug >> Submitter-Id: current-users >> Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 16 18:20:10 UTC 2011 >> Closed-Date: >> Last-Modified: >> Originator: Breeze >> Release: FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE >> Organization: > Fishbone Crew >> Environment: > uname -a > FreeBSD magictower.usys.su 8.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE #2: Mon Jan > 10 10:41:12 EET 2011 > bre...@magictower.usys.su:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DRAGON i386 >> Description: > You've probably heard about the site deviantart.com. This site has a user > account with "zi-" name and complete address is http://zi-.deviantart.com . > When I try resolves this address using nslookup (dig or host) is not a > problem but when trying to open this address from any browser or execute the > command ping for this host, I get the error "ping: cannot resolve > zi-.deviantart.com: Unknown server error" > > Nevertheless, if the address register in the /etc/hosts "199.15.160.42 > zi-.deviantart.com" problem is solved. > > I think that the system does not properly handle dns names with a minus in > front of the dot, since if the minus is between letters is not a problem. > > p.s. The problem was not detected in OS windows >_< >> How-To-Repeat: > make "ping zi-.deviantart.com" and get the error message >> Fix: > Is't very good idea but as temporally solution write string in the > /etc/hosts file for each problematic address :( > # host -v zi-.deviantart.com host: convert UTF-8 textname to IDN encoding: prohibited character found -- Vladislav V. Prodan VVP24-UANIC +38[067]4584408 +38[099]4060508 vla...@jabber.ru _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
