Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine wrote: > > 1123, at 2.1 > The syntax of a legal Internet host name was specified in RFC-952 > [DNS:4]. One aspect of host name syntax is hereby changed: the > restriction on the first character is relaxed to allow either a > letter or a digit.
That does not say the label may consist of "a single" character, but only discusses the content of the leading character. > a.isi.edu 1035: |The labels must follow the rules for ARPANET host names. |For example, the following strings identify hosts in the Internet: | |A.ISI.EDU XX.LCS.MIT.EDU SRI-NIC.ARPA Does the example override the rule? Until the 2-char rule inherited from 952 by 1035 is overthrown (which I wish somebody would state one way or the other), it is implicitly upheld. -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/
