> > labels can all be digits. host names cant. > > If memory serves, we fixed the 3com problem in 1123, so someone is making > the claim that "3" can't be a hostname. In my more unimaginative youth I > used digits as hostnames, which only proves I've fewer hosts now. > > Chapter and verse would be helpful, unless I've somehow managed to misquote > or mischaracterize yet another of James' wild swings at authority, and he > actually wrote "hostnames can (be all digits also)".
host names - limited to LDH, no leading or trailing "-", delimited by ".", cannot contain have all digits-only labels read: *all* digits-only labels -James Seng
