In article <mailman.1559.1296265826.555.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, p...@mail.nsbeta.info wrote:
> I googled and found this: It's on the Internet, so it must be true. :) > > * A domain name can be up to 63 characters long plus a dot plus the > characters used to identify the top-level domain (i.e "com", "info", "biz", > etc. > * Valid characters in a domain name include letters, numbers and > hyphens "-". The domain name must start and end with a letter or number. > > > So, for this domain name of > "www.xyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxy.com" > whose size is larger than 64, is not a valid domain name? > > And is there a RFC item for a valid domain name? RFC 1035 section 3.1 says: "To simplify implementations, the total length of a domain name (i.e., label octets and label length octets) is restricted to 255 octets or less." The length of each label within a domain name is limited to 63 characters. -- Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
