Re: Too long a domain name

www.inspectorgaget-themovie.com is spot on 24 characters.
RFC 952 states

 1. A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up
   to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus
   sign (-), and period (.).

Thats why the super long domain name mentioned below dosen't work in
squid - which is pretty strict with DNS rules.

Mike Batchelor wrote:
>
> http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk
> is an actual web site, and squid can't connect to it. Try it. The
> dnsserver claims it can't resolve the IP. Yet all my DNS tools can, and I
> can telnet to it, and issue a HTTP GET on port 80. In fact, this is the web
> site for the village in Wales that has this name. ;) A web browser without
> a proxy, and Gauntlet http-gw have no trouble with it.
>
> I know it's kinda silly, but I thought I would mention it. Squid *is* able
> to resolve and retrieve http://www.inspectorgadget-themovie.com, which is
> the 2nd longest domain name I know about.
Received on Wed Aug 11 1999 - 18:29:11 MDT