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Re: Reverse DNS RFCs and Recommendations


From: Scott Howard <scott () doc net au>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:01:55 -0700

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:33 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?
I'm also thinking of the famous  www.1and1.com, where the number "1"
starts off one of the sections.


Using domain name parts that start with a number will likely cause issues
for anyone running resolvers written in the 80's.

Anyone running resolvers that are less than ~25 years will likely not have
any issues.

  Scott


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