[ipxe-devel] double null byte in dns_make_name()

[Christian Hesse]

Michael Brown <mbrown at fensystems.co.uk> on Sat, 7 Jan 2012 14:07:01 +0000:
> On Saturday 07 Jan 2012 13:50:01 Christian Hesse wrote:
> > > Applying your patch causes malformed DNS requests for me.  That trailing
> > > NUL marks the end of the name being queried.
> > > 
> > > Could you send a packet capture showing the "double null" behaviour that
> > > you describe?
> > 
> > I will do anytime next week.
> > 
> > Just an idea that came to my mind just right now... Is a dot at the end
> > of the name handled differently? I had sat the path to
> > "http://pxe./script".
> 
> Yes; that makes a difference, and when I add a trailing dot I can see the 
> double-NUL behaviour that you describe.

Ah, great. I support the dump is not needed then?
-- 
Schoene Gruesse
Chris