Were A record domain names ever limited to 23 characters?
I seem to recollect back the 1999 or 2000 times that I was unable to register a domain name that was 24 characters long. Shortly after that, I heard that the character limit had been increased to like 128 characters, and we were able to register the name. Can anyone offer some input, or is this a memory of a bad dream? ;-] -- Steve Pirk Yensid
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 02:54:38PM -0700, steve pirk [egrep] wrote:
I seem to recollect back the 1999 or 2000 times that I was unable to register a domain name that was 24 characters long. Shortly after that, I heard that the character limit had been increased to like 128 characters, and we were able to register the name.
Can anyone offer some input, or is this a memory of a bad dream? ;-]
-- Steve Pirk Yensid
the foundational DNS spec sez: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1035.txt 2.3.1 [elided] There are also some restrictions on the length. Labels must be 63 characters or less. /bill
On Friday, September 30, 2011 05:54:38 PM steve pirk [egrep] wrote:
I seem to recollect back the 1999 or 2000 times that I was unable to register a domain name that was 24 characters long. Shortly after that, I heard that the character limit had been increased to like 128 characters, and we were able to register the name.
Can anyone offer some input, or is this a memory of a bad dream? ;-]
At least as of 2008, you could go 45 characters, not counting the TLD: ++++++++++++++++++ $ whois pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com] [Redirected to whois.above.com] [Querying whois.above.com] [whois.above.com] The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and Registrars.Registration Service Provided By: ABOVE.COM, Pty. Ltd. Contact: +613.95897946 Domain Name: PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS.COM Registrant: Above.com Domain Privacy 8 East concourse Beaumaris VIC 3193 AU pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com@privacy.above.com Tel. +61.395897946 Fax. Creation date: 2008-02-20 Expiration Date: 2012-02-20 ... $ ping www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com PING www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com (69.43.161.151) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=85.9 ms 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=85.7 ms 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=4 ttl=50 time=85.8 ms 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=5 ttl=50 time=85.6 ms ^C --- www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time 4002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.618/85.815/85.984/0.132 ms +++++++++++++++++++++ FWIW.
I posted a story about a domain that was one character too long on Google+. A few old-school Disney Online people remembered it enough to comment/+1 it, and agreed that it did happen. This event has bothered me for years, because everyone seemed to think long names were always possible. I kept thinking I imagined the whole thing, but it did happen after all. Too funny. https://plus.google.com/114144561369449816821/posts/MvZYRvGmH5a or http://goo.gl/WHEP3 if you prefer a shortened url. --steve On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:28, Lamar Owen <lowen@pari.edu> wrote:
On Friday, September 30, 2011 05:54:38 PM steve pirk [egrep] wrote:
I seem to recollect back the 1999 or 2000 times that I was unable to register a domain name that was 24 characters long. Shortly after that, I heard that the character limit had been increased to like 128 characters, and we were able to register the name.
Can anyone offer some input, or is this a memory of a bad dream? ;-]
At least as of 2008, you could go 45 characters, not counting the TLD: ++++++++++++++++++ $ whois pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com] [Redirected to whois.above.com] [Querying whois.above.com] [whois.above.com] The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and Registrars.Registration Service Provided By: ABOVE.COM, Pty. Ltd. Contact: +613.95897946
Domain Name: PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS.COM
Registrant: Above.com Domain Privacy 8 East concourse Beaumaris VIC 3193 AU pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com@privacy.above.com Tel. +61.395897946 Fax.
Creation date: 2008-02-20 Expiration Date: 2012-02-20 ... $ ping www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com PING www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com (69.43.161.151) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=85.9 ms 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=85.7 ms 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=4 ttl=50 time=85.8 ms 64 bytes from 69.43.161.151: icmp_req=5 ttl=50 time=85.6 ms ^C --- www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time 4002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.618/85.815/85.984/0.132 ms +++++++++++++++++++++
FWIW.
-- steve pirk refiamerica.org "father... the sleeper has awakened..." paul atreides - dune kexp.org member august '09
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