Re: network name 101100010100110.net
In article <20101018024021.GC8924@vacation.karoshi.com.?>, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com writes
the leading character restriction was lifted when the company 3com was created. its been nearly 18 years since that advice held true.
And was the first all-numeric name 101.com (1995)? Dalmatians, not binary five. -- Roland Perry
On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
In article <20101018024021.GC8924@vacation.karoshi.com.?>, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com writes
the leading character restriction was lifted when the company 3com was created. its been nearly 18 years since that advice held true.
And was the first all-numeric name 101.com (1995)?
Dalmatians, not binary five.
I always thought it was 2600.com (03-Feb-1994 according to whois). David
On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
In article <20101018024021.GC8924@vacation.karoshi.com.?>, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com writes
the leading character restriction was lifted when the company 3com was created. its been nearly 18 years since that advice held true.
And was the first all-numeric name 101.com (1995)?
Dalmatians, not binary five.
I always thought it was 2600.com (03-Feb-1994 according to whois).
I'm assuming we aren't making jokes here, but 3com.com was created in 1986: Domain Name: 3COM.COM Registrar: SAFENAMES LTD Whois Server: whois.safenames.net Referral URL: http://www.safenames.net Name Server: DNS2.IDP365.NET Name Server: NS1.3COM.COM Name Server: NS2.3COM.COM Status: ok Updated Date: 05-oct-2010 Creation Date: 11-dec-1986 Expiration Date: 10-dec-2013 If I've missed the joke, sorry. :) Deepak
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 05:24:58PM +0000, Nathan Eisenberg wrote:
I'm assuming we aren't making jokes here, but 3com.com was created in 1986:
I'm confused. 3com.com would not appear to be entirely numerical. Or maybe someone spiked my coffee this morning.
Best Regards, Nathan Eisenberg
its not. the thread started with a response that claimed that LEADING numerics were illegal per some old RFCs. I commented that 3com.com was the "test case" that caused the relaxation of the original advice. others has since followed up w/ a variety of observations. --bill
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Nathan Eisenberg wrote:
I'm assuming we aren't making jokes here, but 3com.com was created in 1986:
I'm confused. 3com.com would not appear to be entirely numerical. Or maybe someone spiked my coffee this morning.
Once leading digits became permitted, the syntax was relaxed to allow all-numeric labels. See RFC 1123. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND: NORTH BACKING WEST OR NORTHWEST, 5 TO 7, DECREASING 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6 LATER IN HUMBER AND THAMES. MODERATE OR ROUGH. RAIN THEN FAIR. GOOD.
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