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The original DNS implementation (called JEEVES) was written by Paul Mockapetris to run on the PDP-10, which is why the zone file syntax is not very unixy. The ;
by fanf2 5y ago
The original DNS implementation (called JEEVES) was written by Paul Mockapetris to run on the PDP-10, which is why the zone file syntax is not very unixy. The ; comments are one example: and backslash escapes are decimal rather than octal, line continuation uses () instead of escaping.
- throw0101a 5y agoStraight from the source: > @jpmens @bortzmeyer @PowerDNS_Bert @kolkman The ";" was the comment delimiter in the TOPS-20 word, hash was dragged in by the UNIX types * https://twitter.com/svnr2000/status/659062798681546752 https://twitter.com/svnr2000/status/659062798681546752 See also RFC 883, "Domain Names - Implementation and Specification": > ; Semicolon is used to start a comment; the remainder of the line is ignored. * https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc883 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc883 Via: * https://jpmens.net/2015/10/28/the-semicolon-in-zone-master-files-some-history/ https://jpmens.net/2015/10/28/the-semicolon-in-zone-master-f...