Re: [DNSOP] RFC1035 and permitted characters in labels

2009-03-11 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <558a39a60903110907i6edad88dye59293cbac951...@mail.gmail.com>, James Seng writes: > Agreed :) > > DNS is suppose to be 8-bit clean as according to RFC 1035. No it is supposed to be nearly 8 bit clean. :-) > But taken in context with that recommended section in RFC 1035, toge

Re: [DNSOP] RFC1035 and permitted characters in labels

2009-03-11 Thread James Seng
Agreed :) DNS is suppose to be 8-bit clean as according to RFC 1035. But taken in context with that recommended section in RFC 1035, together with RFC 952, many legacy implementation already assumed DNS must be LDH. By the time RFC 2181 comes along, it was too late. This was one of the reasons wh

[DNSOP] RFC1035 and permitted characters in labels

2009-03-11 Thread Jim Reid
On Mar 11, 2009, at 15:44, James Seng wrote: ::= [ [ ] ] ... ::= any one of the 52 alphabetic characters A through Z in upper case and a through z in lower case Er, that's in Section 2.3.1: Preferred Name Syntax which says before the BNF: "The following syntax will result in fewer p