DNS Setup of an IDN domain

IDN domains allow non-latin letters to be present in domain names. For example the hungarian word "Cheap" should be spelt as "olcsó" which cannot be resolved with standard DNS due to the accented "ó".

For this purpose, the encoding "punycode" was developed, a punycode converter can be found at http://mct.verisign-grs.com/index.shtml

A sample conversion would be xn--olcs-tqa.hu for olcsó.hu

On a seperate note, Hungarian domains have a unusual requirement, postmaster@.hu must exist. The DNS check at the Hungary NIC has a good check which shows this:

http://www.domain.hu/domain/English/regcheck/

Technical check



Results of the domain check

Congratulations!, the domain xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu is configured correctly.

Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact hostmaster@ns.nic.hu.

Output of the check procedure:
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M-GREET -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] Domi version 20090324
M-NADD -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] NS addr: 86.xxx.xxx.194
M-PNAM -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] primary NS name: ns1.xxx.net
M-PADD -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] primary NS addr: 86.xxx.xxx.194
M-PGET -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] getting domain from NS 86.xxx.xxx.194 ...
M-PRZO -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] cannot download domain from 86.xxx.xxx.194
M-PARI -W- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] NS records inconsistent with parent !!!
M-ROK -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] SOA parameters comply with RIPE
M-NS -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] A records for DNS servers:
addr of NS ns1.xxx.net.: 86.xxx.xxx.194
addr of NS ns2.xxx.net.: 86.xxx.xxx.196
M-SOA -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] A record for SOA mail host xxx.ie:
addr of MX fallback002.hosting-concepts.nl.: 80.95.170.17
addr of MX fallback001.hosting-concepts.nl.: 87.233.136.38
addr of MX mail.xxx.ie.: 65.182.102.78
M-MX -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] A records for MX records:
addr of MX mail.xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu.: 86.xxx.xxx.201
M-PTR -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] getting traceroute info to 86.xxx.xxx.194... done
M-NSC -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] checking NS records ...
M-SGET -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] getting data from 86.xxx.xxx.196 ns2.xxx.net ...
M-STR -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] getting traceroute info to ns2.xxx.net... done
M-TRL -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] traceroute lengths differ 9 8
M-TRC -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] traceroutes differ (9): 86.xxx.xxx.194
M-PMAI -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] checking postmaster e-mail at mail.xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu, 86.xxx.xxx.201 ...
M-VOUT -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] address verification: Requested mail action okay, completed
M-MXOK -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] MX server okay
M-SMAI -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] checking SOA mail xxx@xxx.ie at 80.95.170.17
M-VRRT -W- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] retrying verify 1
M-VOUT -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] address verification: Deferred: Connection closed
M-SOAMI -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] SOA mail address check failed at MX, (80.95.170.17)
M-SMAI -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] checking SOA mail xxx@xxx.ie at 87.233.136.38
M-VRRT -W- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] retrying verify 1
M-VOUT -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] address verification: 213.239.177.111 could not deliver to 213.239.177.111
User unknown
M-SOAMI -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] SOA mail address check failed at MX, (87.233.136.38)
M-SMAI -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] checking SOA mail xxx@xxx.ie at 65.182.102.78
M-VOUT -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] address verification: 2.1.5 Ok
M-MXOK -I- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] MX server okay
M-OK -S- [xn--xxx-3hb3k88c.hu] All's well............ that ends well.................