possible bug report re: (malformed?) internet addresses

[J65nko BSD]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:45:37 -0400, fredthetree <fredthetree at gmail.com> wrote:
> Almost forgot.
> 
> $ uname -a
> FreeBSD computer 5.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #0: Tue Mar  1
> 05:39:33 AST 2005     root at computer:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MACHINE  i386
> 
> (I haven't cvsup'd and re-built in a little while.. maybe one of you
> who have could verify the problem still exists..)
> 
> -dan
> 
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:43:12 -0400, fredthetree <fredthetree at gmail.com> wrote:
> > $ ping "mr-chips-.deviantart.com"
> > ping: cannot resolve mr-chips-.deviantart.com: Unknown server error
> >
> > $ ping "etc-etc-etc.deviantart.com"
> > PING etc-etc-etc.deviantart.com (69.28.181.43): 56 data bytes
> > 64 bytes from 69.28.181.43: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=108.127 ms
> >
> > At first it may seem logical to point the blame to the server, after
> > noting "Unknown server error," however, I am perfectly able to connect
> > to this address on a Windows machine.  The problem is reproducible
> > with any address which has a "-" before a "."
> >
> > I am not sure where the problem lies, it is obviously not just within
> > 'ping,' as I first noticed this problem within firefox/mozilla.
> >

No problem on  "FreeBSD plato.utp.xnet 5.3-STABLE-20050116-JPSNAP 
FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE-20050116-JPSNAP #0: Sun Jan 16 01:31:07 UTC 2005
root at ushi.jp.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386"

consulting a local dnscache, part of djbdns, nameserver running under OpenBSD

dig mr-chips-.deviantart.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> mr-chips-.deviantart.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 27024
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mr-chips-.deviantart.com.      IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
mr-chips-.deviantart.com. 86400 IN      A       69.28.181.43

;; Query time: 293 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.222.10#53(192.168.222.10)
;; WHEN: Thu Mar 31 23:08:23 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 58