Andrew - Supernews wrote: >>>>>> "Ted" == Ted Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Martin A. Brooks wrote: > >> Ted Cooper wrote: > >>> Hmm.. this also doesn't take into account illegal hostnames such as > >>> those with bits starting with digits > >> > >> There's nothing illegal about using numbers to start part of a > >> domain name. http://www.888.com/ > > Ted> RFC 1035 > > Ted> The labels must follow the rules for ARPANET host names. They > Ted> must start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and have > Ted> as interior characters only letters, digits, and hyphen. There > Ted> are also some restrictions on the length. Labels must be 63 > Ted> characters or less. > > This was superseded long ago: > > RFC 1123: > > 2.1 Host Names and Numbers > > The syntax of a legal Internet host name was specified in RFC-952 > [DNS:4]. One aspect of host name syntax is hereby changed: the > restriction on the first character is relaxed to allow either a > letter or a digit. Host software MUST support this more liberal > syntax.
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