Vyto,
"Dotted hostnames" is a term coined by certain limited
DNS-management tools that strive to split up fully-qualified DNS names
into a "hostname" part and a "zone" (sometimes referred to as "domain")
part. If one chooses to extend a given name for 2 or more labels below
the closest-enclosing zone cut, then in the standard representation used
by those tools, the "hostname" portion of the name will have a dot in
it, hence "dotted hostnames", which are treated by such limited tools as
somehow weird and special. At least one tool I'm familiar with, requires
a special non-default option setting to even allow "dotted hostnames" to
exist at all in its database.
DNS itself has never had a problem with multiple labels beneath a zone
cut. Better tools recognize the inherent flexibility of DNS naming and
don't try to deprecate or otherwise discourage so-called "dotted hostnames".
- Kevin
On 1/31/2011 10:50 AM, Vyto Grigaliunas wrote:
Although we're moving away from it, we found it useful for naming router
interfaces, i.e. te1-2.routername.company.com, without having to create a
separate sub-domain for each router.
I thought at some point periods were allowed in hostnames, and they do work
without escaping them.
Thanks...
Vyto
-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users-bounces+vyto=fnal....@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-
users-bounces+vyto=fnal....@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Barry Margolin
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 4:14 PM
To: comp-protocols-dns-b...@isc.org
Subject: Re: what's a valid domain name?
In article<mailman.1586.1296424051.555.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>,
Vytautas Grigaliunas<v...@fnal.gov> wrote:
What is the status of "dotted" hostnames - i.e. a period in the
hostname
portion of a domain name ?
At one point they were allowed, I believe ? What is the latest
official RFC ?
I don't think they've every been allowed. Why would you need to do
this, instead of just using another level of subdomain? To get a
literal period into a label, you need to escape it, e.g.
foo\.bar.company.com instead of foo.bar.company.com. The latter is
allowed, always has been, and is quite common.
--
Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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