Adv. Systems Design <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I installed apache on Fri. and had the people in the
>university create a domain name for my IP
>address...now I am getting "Bad Request ...your
>browser sent a request that this server could not
>understand...Client sent a malformed header" whenever
>I connect using the FQDN, but WORKS FINE when I
>connect using the IP...
>
>Question: they gave me a name that is
>underscored...and I am wondering if in their (NT
>centric) ineptness, they gave me a name that is
>illegal:
>
>http://student_score.xxx.edu
Underscores are *not* legal in DNS. Some browsers don't care, others
do. Same thing with Internet cache servers - Squid in particular will not
even try to retrieve a page with an underscore in the host/domain name.
-Eric
Eric Sisler
Library Computer Technician
Westminster Public Library
Westminster, CO, USA
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