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Re: [DNSOP] draft-liman-tld-names-04

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Sat, 27 November 2010 01:30 UTC

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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:31:03 +0000
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] draft-liman-tld-names-04
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On 26 Nov 2010, at 22:39, Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> wrote:
>> 
>>   IPv4    = 3(digits ".")
>> 
>>   digits  = 1*DIGIT
> 
> Which doesn't come close to matching all the possible component
> forms supported by inet(3) on POSIX machines.

Yes indeed. Is there a formal spec in any RFC we can refer to? RFC 1123's #.#.#.# doesn't cut it. RFC 3986 is very strict about the form of IP addresses in URLs. I tend to think that is closer to the right approach in this context than allowing the full insanity of inet_aton.

Tony.
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