From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 15 22:53:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.ecoutez.net (ns1.ecoutez.net [198.6.71.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1142537B405 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 22:53:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mosch@localhost) by ns1.ecoutez.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA30218; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:53:42 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:53:42 -0400 From: Kevin Way To: Charles Pelletier Cc: Steven Lake , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Longest possible DNS name?? Message-ID: <20020416015342.A29702@ns1.ecoutez.net> References: <001c01c1e4eb$682cab90$32040101@socrates> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <001c01c1e4eb$682cab90$32040101@socrates>; from fozekizer@attbi.com on Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 09:07:05PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FWIW, there's nothing wrong with a 153 character hostname. There's a 63 character limit on each label (the text between dots), though to my knowledge, there's no problem stringing together a large number of <= 63 character labels and forming some sort of rediculously difficult to type hostname. though.i.admit.this.would.be.an.incredibly.useless.domain.name.unless.my. sole.purpose.was.to.annoy.the.piss.out.of.people.com. Kevin Way > > > Hi, > > > > > > If my memory serves me correctly, the maximum name as specified in the > > > appropriate RFC is 64 characters. I have also seen code in apps which > > > trauncate/complain about domains longer than 64 characters. I would > suggest > > > you search the RFC's for the bind spec if you want something to show > your > > > boss that that is the standard. > > > > > > (Thats not to say that many apps can handle longer domain names, but I > would > > > limit to 64 for compatibility, I would quote the specific RFC but its on > my > > > home computer not work). > > > > > > Regards, > > > Jacob Rhoden > > > > > > on 15/4/2002 8:59 AM, Steven Lake at raiden@shell.core.com wrote: > > > > Just curious. Never had to do this before but the bossman got > > > > word from one of the execs up top that we've got to put this domain > name > > > > in place and with all due speed for something they will be needing in > the > > > > next week. That I don't mind. What's bugging me is the length of the > > > > domain name. It's 153 charecters minus periods and 17 levels deep. > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message