> > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, James Seng/Personal wrote: > > [snip] > > > Right! As I said, we are not disagreeing :-) But I think it is useful to > > continue this discussion as I think it is leading somewhere. > > > > Definition: > > > > domain names - any 8-bit characters, usually (but not neccessary) > > US-ASCII > > > > host names - limited to LDH, no leading or trailing "-", delimited by > > ".", cannot contain have all digits-only labels > > I believe host names can be all digits, don't know if its in a rfc but > there are hosts and lables that are all digets. > > -rick
RFC 1123 Section 2.1. Digit only labels are legal. Only digit only labels are illegal. legal: 1.2.3.4.in-addr.arpa illegal: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8 Mark -- Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
