case sensitive hostnames?

[Joe Doran]

Tim Potter wrote:

>  From the changelog:
>
> 1.6.09: 4/5/94
>
> [...]
>
>         - wrapped gethostbyname() with Get_Hostbyname() to prevent
>         case sensitive problems on name lookups
>
> So I asked Andrew why he put this code in and he couldn't
> remember.  (-:
>
> I think I'll trash Get_Hostbyname and replace it with
> sys_gethostbyname()
>
> Tim.

Netbios name comes back in uppercase?
or maybe kerberos extensions  ( However probably too far back )
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q248/8/07.asp

Then again it checks lowercase first, so...., uppercase should be an
exception, unless above. Maybe put in a display to see what values held in
name2.

according to RFC1178 ( choosing a name for your computer ).
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1178.html
<snip>
Don't expect case to be preserved.
         Upper and lowercase characters look the same to a great deal of
         internet software, often under the assumption that it is doing
         you a favor.  It may seem appropriate to capitalize a name the
         same way you might do it in English, but convention dictates
         that computer names appear all lowercase.  (And it saves
         holding down the shift key.)
</snip>

Personally I like the last line :-))).

Joe.