On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Nolan Rollo <nrollo@kw-corp.com> wrote:
So in the four examples below, 3 of them preface the IP with an alpha character. Charter however, starts the rDNS off with a number. I'm not arguing with anyone but what potential problems could that cause with DNS?
Once upon a time there were buggy software implementations which looked at the first character of the "name" to decide whether it was a host name or an IP address. How many of them still exist? Not many would be my guess.
3. Start each section of the name with a letter, not a number or hyphen.
The question I would ask myself is: will I recognize a gain from putting a digit first in the name instead of a letter? If yes, it's probably enough of an advantage to not worry about the old implementations. If no (and it surely seems to be "no" in Nolan's case) then keep to the conventions that work even with the ancient buggy crap. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004