Re: Should host/domain names travel over the internet with a trailing dot?

[Brian Reichert <reichert () numachi com>]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 09:07:24AM +1100, Mark Andrews wrote:
> In message <15455394.7034.1361803759023.JavaMail.root () benjamin baylink com>, Ja
> y Ashworth writes:
> > More formally: "is a host/domain name with a trailing dot *actually a 
> > legal host name?
>
> No.  See RFC 952

In the case of URIs, RFC 2396 (circa 1998) seems to allow for it,
if I read the ABNF for 'hostname' right in section 3.2.2.

But that's the only place I see it.

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Brian Reichert                          <reichert () numachi com>
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