Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!grr
From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Domain names & /etc/exports
Message-ID: <8236@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Oct 89 21:06:04 GMT
References: <13019@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <13019@boulder.Colorado.EDU> grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu writes:
> 
> This problem has arisen twice now, so I want to get the staight poop.
> 
> According to some RFC, domain names are supposedly case insensitive.
> however, we were trying to export /usr/local@foobar to /usr/local@soma.
> the local domain is specified as Colorado.EDU.

Domain names seem to be only case insensitive as far as *mail* routing
is concerened.  It appears that most(/all?) of the standard tcp stuff
has some case sensitivity.

I haven't the faintest idea whether there is some other RFC that makes
an explicit statment to this effect, or it's that everythign just happens
to be broken.

-- 
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