From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: host name length
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 08:45:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41B48C9E.6030607@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0412060934450.11891@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>| POSIX nowadays contains
>>|
>>| _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX
>>| and
>>| HOST_NAME_MAX
>>|
>>| for programs to use to learn about the maximum host name length which is
>>| allowed. _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX is the standard-required minimum maximum
>>| and the value must be 256.
>
> [...]
>
> Please also consider the DNS FAQ. If a (DNS) hostname cannot be longer than X
> chars (I don't have the number handy ATM), HOST_NAME_MAX should not be any
> greater than X also.
Hi Jan,
Can you be more specific, please? about (which) DNS FAQ.
I found several "DNS FAQ"s, but nothing specific about
DNS hostname lengths.
--
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-06 17:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-12 20:16 host name length Ulrich Drepper
2004-12-04 0:05 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-12-05 19:47 ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-12-06 8:35 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-06 16:45 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
2004-12-06 17:31 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-12-06 19:25 ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-12-06 19:28 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2004-12-08 20:29 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-12-09 0:35 ` Ulrich Drepper
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