Ralf Quint wrote: > At 07:40 AM 1/31/2012, Gerald Waugh wrote: >> Ralf Quint wrote: >>> At 05:48 AM 1/31/2012, Michael Stauber wrote: >>>> According to RFC-952 the first character of a host- or >> domain-name may not be >>>> a number, dash or hyphen. It must be a letter. >>>> >>>> See: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc952 >>>> >>>> Hence BlueOnyx doesn't allow a naming convention where a host- >> or domain-name >>>> starts with a number. >>>> >>>> However, in recent years domain name registries have allowed certain RFC >>>> violating domain names (9gag.com anyone? ;-), so this RFC may have been >>>> overtaken by events or bad practices somewhere upstream. >>> 3com.com exists per WhoIs since 1986 (though it redirects now to an >>> HP site, since they bought 3COM in 2010), so there can't be any >>> change in "recent" years on that... >>> >> 3com.com is not a 'host' name, its a domain name ;) > > Please see the quoted part of Michael's post. He clearly refers to > "domain" names! > > Ralf
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