Hi Daniel, > On 5 Sep 2024, at 13:26, Daniel Suchy via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> wrote: > > Hello, > in full changelog I noticed another change, which is not mentioned here: > https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/pull/1492/commits >
I summarised the main functional changes in my announcement as there are often a lot of small changes, that may not be of interest to a wide audience. The full list of changes is linked from the release notes, including adding validation of the length of an email address : https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/blob/master/changes.txt Differences between releases can also be examined in GitHub: https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/releases > - why is implemented limitation to email lenght to 80 characters, when > RFC5341 [1] clearly defines maximum total length of a domain name or number > is 255 octets and local-part to 64 octets in sections 4.5.3.1.1 and 4.5.3.1.2? We now limit the email address to 80 characters to fit into the database index table, which fixed a bug. Previously, if a user submitted a too-long email address, it would fail with a generic "internal error" because the SQL INSERT statement failed. Now, the update will fail with a syntax error on the email address. > I don't think implementing limitations adnd ignoring relevant RFCs here isn't > a good approach at all, it can generate unnecessary problems. Does the 80 character limit cause any problems? We fixed a bug for an issue that occurred once, for an address which seemed to be auto-generated. The average length of all email addresses currently in the RIPE database is 21 characters. If the current limit is too restrictive for the DB-WG then we will increase it to the limit defined in the RFC. > - Daniel > > [1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5321 Regards Ed Shryane RIPE NCC ----- To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/db-wg.ripe.net/ As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/
