[Opendnssec-develop] Testing for RC3, found a new zone to test with

Alexd at nominet.org.uk Alexd at nominet.org.uk
Wed Jan 27 11:32:28 UTC 2010


> To be honest, RFC 1035 does say:
> 
> \X              where X is any character other than a digit (0-9), is
>                 used to quote that character so that its special meaning
>                 does not apply.  For example, "\." can be used to place
>                 a dot character in a label.
> 
> So, how to handle \X where X is a digit?

This is the nub of my question.
 
> 1. \X -> 'X'
> 2. \X -> '\' 'X'

I don't think that "\X" where X is a digit, is legal according to RFC1035 
5.1. I think it should be removed from the test for this story.


Alex.
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