[VGRS-RRP] RRP 505 return code

From: Jim Archer (jim@archer.net)
Date: Wed May 02 2001 - 11:24:31 EDT

  • Next message: Hollenbeck, Scott: "[VGRS-RRP] RE: RRP 505 return code"

    Hi Scott and thanks very much.

    So then, in the case of a domain name with illegal characters or one that
    is too long, I should expect a 505?

    Jim

    --On Wednesday, May 02, 2001 7:01 AM -0400 "Hollenbeck, Scott"
    <shollenbeck@verisign.com> wrote:

    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: Jim Archer [mailto:jim@archer.net]
    >> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:08 AM
    >> To: Hollenbeck, Scott; rrp@verisign-grs.com
    >> Subject: Another RRP test server bug...
    >>
    >>
    >> Hi Scott...
    >>
    >> I think I found another RRP test server bug in the 1.1.0a
    >> toolkit. Again, I
    >> verified this behavior using a SSH client and typing the
    >> commands manually.
    >>
    >> When using the CHECK command, I do this:
    >>
    >> CHECK
    >> ENTITYNAME:DOMAIN
    >> DOMAINNAME:ARCHER^INVALID.COM
    >> .
    >>
    >> The server returns:
    >>
    >> 505 Invalid attribute value syntax
    >>
    >> The spec on page 26 if RFC 2832 v 1.1.0 says it should be a 541 for an
    >> invalid domain name. I can make it return 541 like this:
    >>
    >> CHECK
    >> ENTITYNAME:DOMAIN
    >> DOMAINNAME:ARCHER^INVALID
    >> .
    >>
    >> Note the lack of the .COM after the domain name. It seems this should
    >> return 505 for invalid command attribute syntax.
    >>
    >> Is this a bug, or does the actual registry do this? Maybe its
    >> an error in the RFC? My error?
    >
    > Your error -- "ARCHER^INVALID.COM" is syntactically invalid because of the
    > "^", but it's structurally a valid domain name for the server because it
    > consists of two labels of proper length and one of them is "COM". Yes,
    > our registry implementation deals with these errors in the same way.
    >
    > <Scott/>

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