On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Maurice Hendrix wrote:
> I now have two hosts called 'pooh' and 'eeyore'. When I can get my hands on
> some cheap hardware, in time, I plan to add tigger, piglet and maybe also
> owl and rabbit even later. I want to network these machines and get a
> domainname registered. I plan on naming my soon to acquire domain
> '100akerwood' ;-). However, I have this gut-feeling that might give
> problems.
>
Well, 100akerwood.com is taken already (by "christopher
robins") but I see no reason why 100akerwood.nl wouldn't
be available. :-)
> So, I've been reading several RFCs to
find out what the limits are for a > hostname or
domainname. I understand that beginning a name with a
numerical > character is discouraged. However, I can't find
an authoritative > specification for maximum host/domainname
length and allowed characters. Who > will point me to the
information? >
Well, numerals are acceptable. We discourage people from
using the underscore "_" character because it often gets
mis-interpreted into something like "%20" by WinDoze
machines. If you MUST have a separator character, choose a
dash "-" instead.
www.networksolutions.com might have something about what's
legit, as might ftp.internic.net.
John
