Correct, the requirement to start with a letter was removed ages ago. Witness 3com.com, which may have been the first.
Chris Buxton BlueCat Networks On 1/29/11, p...@mail.nsbeta.info <p...@mail.nsbeta.info> wrote: > Joseph S D Yao writes: > >> >> The labels must follow the rules for ARPANET host names. They must >> start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and have as interior >> characters only letters, digits, and hyphen. There are also some >> restrictions on the length. Labels must be 63 characters or less. >> > > A label must start with a letter? oh I don't think so. > How about these domains which all have huge DNS traffic? > > 163.com > 126.com > 51.com > 56.com > > yes 163.com is a domain name but "163" also can be treated as a label for > domain "com.", is it? > > Thanks. > > Regards. > _______________________________________________ > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
