Underscores

[crschmidt]

In the past sometimes, I've seen links like http://lj_everywhere.livejournal.com . Unfortunately, some ISP/proxy/service combinations don't allow this kind of link. (Geekspeek: In the spec for stuff like this, underscores are prohibited, so any use of them in domain or subdomain names does

Comments

[rahaeli]

Yes. What he said :)

[pne]

Thank you.

More geekery: hyphens aren't allowed at the beginning or end of a domain name component, so people with names such as _foo or bar_ or __sexy_lover__ are out of luck and will not be able to use "vanity" subdomain names -- at least, not reliably.

[mercuriosity]

But then, people with usernames such as __sexy_lover__ should just be shot anyway.

::ducks::

[finding_helena]

Quite true. :P