On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Hamish wrote: > Yeah, Right... And Verisign never wildcarded domains either did they? Duh! > right back at you. > > > RFC 1123 section 2.1: > > > > The syntax of a legal Internet host name was specified in RFC-952 > > Hostname vs DomainName
The domain name system itself doesn't have any restrictions on labels: they are counted binary strings and can contain embedded nul bytes or even dots (see RFC 1035 section 5.1 for an example). Traditionally, RFC 952 host name syntax (as updated by RFC 1123) has also been used for mail domains and delegations from TLDs. The host name syntax described in RFC 1035 is informative, not normative. RFC 1912 is also informative, and it obviously misinterprets RFC 1123 which clearly allows all-numeric labels. All RFCs are not created equal and the earlier ones especially must be interpreted intelligently. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ FISHER: WEST OR NORTHWEST 4 OR 5 BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4. FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD.
