From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 29 08:39:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA03242 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:39:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA03231 for chat; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:39:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmb) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199801291639.IAA03231@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: more than 26 characters in domainname To: chat Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:39:02 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe chat" the internic is is remarkable. tried to register a domainname longer than 26 characters. (dont ask why.......i am not a suit) get back the following: put_value: value exceeds buffer size of <26> chars called the internic. they tell me domainname can not be longer than 26 characters. rfc1123 2.1 Host software MUST handle host names of up to 63 characters and SHOULD handle host names of up to 255 characters. the poor guy on the phone did not know waht an rfc is. send the folks that bombed the clinic in birmingham alabama to network solutions.......put them out of our misery. jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Core Team, Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB