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Re: [netmod] rfc6991bis: inet:host

Erik Auerswald <auerswal@unix-ag.uni-kl.de> Fri, 24 July 2020 10:14 UTC

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From: Erik Auerswald <auerswal@unix-ag.uni-kl.de>
To: Ladislav Lhotka <ladislav.lhotka@nic.cz>, tom petch <ietfc@btconnect.com>, "netmod@ietf.org" <netmod@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [netmod] rfc6991bis: inet:host
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Hi,

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:36:17AM +0200, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 01:46:38PM +0200, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
> > On 22. 07. 20 13:00, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:
> > > 
> > > my understanding is that Lada is now proposing something slightly
> > > different but I am not sure what exactly, hence I asked again.
> > 
> > Oh yes, I messed it up by mixing different things together, sorry. I
> > checked again the ML archive, and the message that is relevant to this
> > thread is this:
> > 
> > https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/netmod/PISOifrtow4oWLGW7meBBSri7nM/
> > 
> > The aim of that proposal was to limit the "inet:host" type to DNS names
> > that are reasonable as host names, i.e. eliminate values like "." or "_".
> 
> You are proposing to change the length restriction from 1..253 to
> 2..253 following RFC 952:
> 
>    [...] Single character names
>    or nicknames are not allowed.

What about single character host names currently used, e.g.,
a.root-servers.net.?

There are single character subdomain labels in use as well, e.g., l.de..

Best regards,
Erik

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