Sorry, hit send rather than reply all just then On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:48 PM, David Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > Phillip, > > On May 29, 2014, at 8:17 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email protected]> > wrote: >> And that is a problem because all numeric names are valid DNS hostnames. > > Not really. An all numeric string is a valid DNS _label_, however not all > collections of DNS labels that make up a domain name are valid as a hostname. > Specifically, RFC 1123 states (four paragraphs down from the bit you quoted): > > [...] However, a valid host name can never > have the dotted-decimal form #.#.#.#, since at least the > highest-level component label will be alphabetic. > > This implies that ICANN can't delegate an all-numeric TLD, and in fact, ICANN > (in section 2.2.1.3.2, sub-section 1.2.1 of the Applicant's Guide Book) > states:
I am rather worried when specifications rely on what is implied rather than what is stated. _______________________________________________ dns-operations mailing list [email protected] https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-operations dns-jobs mailing list https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-jobs
