On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Doug Balmer <doug.bal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 'Note that periods are only allowed when they serve to delimit components >> of "domain style names".' >> > > Let's give this sentence some context. > > <quote> > ASSUMPTIONS > > 1. A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up > to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus > sign (-), and period (.). Note that periods are only allowed when > they serve to delimit components of "domain style names". (See > RFC-921, "Domain Name System Implementation Schedule", for > background). > </quote> > > No mention there of a hostname having to be the first component of a > "name". The succeeding RFC to this definition is in RFC1123 which states the > hostname can be up to 255 characters and begin with a number. No other > mention of the first component of the name being the hostname. > > I seem to remember having this argument in the past in a workplace... >From memory the conclusion was that it is *labels* that can't have periods in them, and hostnames are allowed to be a series of labels connected with periods. I'm not particularly in favor of the original suggestion, but I don't think that RFC quoting alone is going to give us the right answer as to whether we should do it or not. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
