Re: [cobalt-users] OT RaQ3 not accepting "--" in domain name, RaQ4 does

[Per Magne Knutsen <per.knutsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>So, this is a kind of bug in the RaQ3 GUI, I think. I
>have a domain name of the format xx--xxxxxxxx.com and

Here's something that confuses me...

With the introduction of new letters in domain names, double hyphens will acquire a specific meaning in the encoding of domain-names. 
The .no registry, for instance, recently disallowed new registrations of domain names with double hyphens (although they did allow them 
before). I am not aware of the status of .com domains, though I can imagine -- is still possible to use.

I wonder what will happen to those tousands of domains with double hyphens when browsers, servers etc start to view them otherwise.
You ought to check it out now before some nasty surprise hits you later...

Kind of reminscent of the Y2K bug... Sooooooo predictable to happen, yet no-one bothered to take it into account from the beginning.

 -- Per


>the RaQ3 says it's a invalid domain. But the RaQ4
>server it accepts without problems. And this  is a
>already bought domain, so it's 100% valid.
>
>How can I overcome this limitation of the RaQ3? I've
>already modified network.js , so I get the error only
>after submiting the DNS record. But I'm lost at
>modifying index.cgi...
>
>
>
>Thank you,
>Csaba Albert
>
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Per Magne Knutsen

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