"aklist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi All: I have a domain I'm authoritative for, in Bind 9.5.0-p1. > > I'm trying to bring up a mailserver in the domain that uses domain-keys, and > the server's tech support staff sent me a domain key to add as a text record > for the domain. > > This is the first domain I ever was required to set up domain-keys for. The > domain key has a syntax like: > > server._domainkey.domain.com. IN TXT "k=rsa; p=[very long string]" > > When I try to reload the zone, I get a log error: > > 17-Oct-2008 09:40:30.816 general: error: db.domain.com:18: > server._domainkey.domain.com: bad owner name (check-names) > 17-Oct-2008 09:40:30.816 general: error: zone domain.com/IN/external: > loading from master file db.domain.com failed: bad owner name (check-names) > > The server's support people are telling me "the current release of BIND > doesn't seem to like underscores and you need to disable name-checking in > BIND" > > Is that correct? If so, can I disable name-checking for a particular domain?
It works for me. The underscore is a valid character in labels, but not in hostnames. Do you have any other records owned by or under the _domainkey label?
