[Bug 338591] Re: url with '-' character can't be resolved

[John Vivirito]

I see this in 3.0 as well dig works so yes it is a firefox bug. the cause is the . in the link. Can you please file this bug report upstream at:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org

 Here is dig output:

nomefreak at Development:~$ dig http://blurr-.javaeye.com/

; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P1 <<>> http://blurr-.javaeye.com/
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 17913
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;http://blurr-.javaeye.com/.	IN	A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.			10800	IN	SOA	A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. 2009030600 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 113 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.10.1#53(192.168.10.1)
;; WHEN: Fri Mar  6 11:33:05 2009
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 119

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url with '-' character can't be resolved
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338591
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