[OT] Rogers DNS Games? I Can't Access craigslist.org

[Meng Cheah]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Meng Cheah <meng-D1t3LT1mScs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> Can someone explain why 208-236-82.208.craigslist.org (208.82.236.208) ?
>> Why the hyphens?
>>     
>
> Apparently Craigslist set up some host names of that form.  It's
> supported by DNS, so they can choose to do so.
>
> This is arguably in poor form, being confusing (it confused people in
> this thread), but it's legitimate...
>   
Thanks for clearing this up :-)
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