Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:53:59 -0400
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@VT.EDU
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
Subject: Re: ircd 2.9.5 & ircii-pana DNS problems
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On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:22:34 +0200, you said:
> RFC 1035, "DOMAIN NAMES - IMPLEMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION":
>
> [...]
> 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.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
As amended by RFC1123, section 2.1:
Host software MUST handle host names of up to 63 characters and
SHOULD handle host names of up to 255 characters.
So if you're dicking with the code, make sure you get the limit *right*. ;)
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Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
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