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Re: Quickdns-Talk Digest #441 - 13/01/00

From: Paul Didzerekis
Date: Friday, January 14, 2000
Time: 6:25:00 am

>At 9:55 PM -0800 1/13/2000, Paul Didzerekis wrote:
>>>This works without interfering with DNS because a domain name can't
>>>start with a number.
>>
>>Chris,
>>
>>I beg to differ on this point. Notice my domain name? [3-rivers.com]
>
>Yes, I know. Nevertheless...
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>
>From RFC 1035:
>The labels must follow the rules for ARPANET host names. They must
>start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and have as interior
>characters only letters, digits, and hyphen. There are also some
>restrictions on the length. Labels must be 63 characters or less.
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>
>So, you got a domain that shouldn't exist. Nobody ever said NetSol was perfect.
>
>Of course, I might have missed an RFC that updates this rule. If so, please point it out.
>____________________________________________________________________
>Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com
>Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com
>Makers of: QuickDNS Pro



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