Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:52:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: Glenn Chisholm <glenn@ircache.net>, Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>, Michael Mannsberger <mannsber@starmedia.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (2) hey Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908121548240.83547-100000@dt011n65.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <199908122227.SAA87677@whizzo.transsys.com>
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On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Louis A. Mamakos wrote:
> But the DNS is used to hold all sorts of information. For example, how do
> you reconcile domain names like:
>
> 42.10.202.144.IN-ADDR.ARPA
>
> in the DNS? It violates the "starts with alpha" "requirement" in 952 and 1101
Errrr.. even if that argument weren't silly on its face, the
'starts/ends with alpha' requirement has been relaxed for some time now.
First for legacy domains like 3com.com, and next for newer ones like
411.com. The only rule that is currently being enforced is that no label
can begin or end with a dash.
> that you quotes, yet we use these things all the time. In fact, you can
> send email to that domain name because it has an A record associated with
> it, as well as a PTR record.
That IS a violation of the standard, since A records
are not valid for hosts in in-addr.arpa.
> What do I know; I was just the first chair of the domain name working group
> in the IETF so many years ago before it got fashionable.
Well, things change. :)
Doug
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