----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Hamelin" <j...@nethead.com>
> Subject: Re: Were A record domain names ever limited to 23 characters? > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > "3com.com" > > I recall that 3M was originally mmm.com because they wouldn't allow a > number to start a domain. > > /me runs whois mmm.com > > Yep, Created on..............: 1988-10-31. > > but wait, 3m.com Created on..............: 1988-05-27. > > So was the digit as first octet a limitation with some OS or software > (BIND, sendmail, gopher?) or do I have brain-fade? I would have bet good green Murrican Money that RFC 1034/5 required that it not start with a number, but I'll have to go look. No, I seem to remember pretty clearly it was administrative. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
