Re: hostname standard


Miroslav Zubcic wrote:
toby wrote:

Up to 24 only is recommended by Solaris doc (based on RFC 952?):
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5174/6mbb98ug7?a=view

RFC 952 is upgraded by RFC 1123:

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.

Even text from docs.sun.com link you posted states on the end this:

"RFC 952 has been modified by RFC 1123 to relax the restriction on the
first character being a digit."

Why doesn't this refer to a changed maximum length?

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