Re: [squid-users] DNS Domain error on http://www.acer.co.in

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Zand, Nooshin wrote:

> Hi,
> I received DNS domain error when I try to get to http://www.acer.co.in. URL
> nslookup restruns correct IP address. There is no issue to get to other
> URLs.
> When I pass this URL to dnsserver, I get the following error as well
> $fail DNS Domain 'www.acer.co.in' is invalid: Non recoverable errors.
> Any idea why?
> Thanks,
> Nooshin

A guess:

> host www.acer.co.in
www.acer.co.in is a nickname for WEB_FTP.acer.co.in
WEB_FTP.acer.co.in has address 202.144.86.89

Underscore is not (according to most people) a valid character for domain names.

My guess is that one of your DNS resolvers enforces this restriction.

see http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html#ss11.8
Received on Tue Jul 17 2001 - 09:20:42 MDT