Aurelien Requiem wrote: > I've got the same problem with firefox (w/o squid). > It seems you can't resolve a hostname starting with a minus. Werner Rost wrote: > Come on, some of you must know the solution to this one. You might find it useful to read RFC 1035: Domain Names: Implementation and Specification -- Benjamin Tanner BSc (Hons) MBCS Senior Network Analyst Networks & Systems Team, Computing Service Network Operations Centre, KentMAN Ltd. Canterbury Christ Church University E-Mail: <b.tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Phone: <01227 782977> Web: <http://www.canterbury.ac.uk>