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host name canonicalization should include lowercasing the retunred DNS lookups

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    • 1.4.1
    • 1.4.0, 1.4.1
    • security-libs
    • None
    • hopper
    • generic, sparc
    • generic, solaris_8
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      As per rfc 1964;
        "When a reference to a name of this type is resolved, the "hostname"
         is canonicalized by attempting a DNS lookup and using the fully-
         qualified domain name which is returned, or by using the "hostname"
         as provided if the DNS lookup fails. The canonicalization operation
         also maps the host's name into lower-case characters:

      Currently we are not mapping the hostnames intolower case. This can cause interop problems.

            rmartisunw Ramachandran Marti (Inactive)
            rmartisunw Ramachandran Marti (Inactive)
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