The rfc you quote clearly states when used as a delimiter of a domain as I stated.
-Ben Croswell On Jan 31, 2011 8:58 PM, <p...@mail.nsbeta.info> wrote: > Ben Croswell writes: > >> In that case technically you are creating undelegated subdomains for each >> router. >> The dot is a delimiter and can't be part of a hostname. >> > > I was thinking you are wrong. > Period is somewhat permitted in a hostname. > > From RFC 952 > > A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up > to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus > sign (-), and period (.). Note that periods are only allowed when > they serve to delimit components of "domain style names". > > No blank or space characters are permitted as part of a > name. No distinction is made between upper and lower case. The first > character must be an alpha character [Relaxed in RFC 1123] . The > last character must not be a minus sign or period. > > > regrads.
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