Mark Wagner wrote: > According to RFC952 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc952) for hostnames: > > The first character must be an alpha character. > > Does this mean all the NTP pool names that start with [0-9] do no > follow this RFC?
The hostname specification has been updated since the RFC you mention above (cf http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1123.txt): > 2.1 Host Names and Numbers > > 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. Host software MUST support this more liberal > syntax. > -- -Chuck _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
