Search Again: Re: DNS character limit From: Aaron Lynch Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 Time: 6:27:01 pm Your Honor; on 6/22/00 6:09 PM, the Defendant, Men & Mice Support, confessed: >>> QuickDNS doesn't impose a limit. >>> >>> The RFC's impose a limit of 64 characters per label, where a label is >>> any part of a domain name between or before or after dots, with no >>> dots in the middle. >>> >>> In other words, www.apple.com has three labels - www, apple, and com. >>> Each of these can be up to 64 characters. >> >> hehe so, can QDNS support say, a million labels of 64 chars ea ;) > > As limited by available RAM in both Admin and Server, yes. :) > ____________________________________________________________________ > Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com > Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com > Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

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