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Were A record domain names ever limited to 23 characters?
- Subject: Were A record domain names ever limited to 23 characters?
- From: joe at nethead.com (Joe Hamelin)
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:41:34 -0700
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <CAK4no07pVY2G=Kok-_2vwHcXQqtdXt5rmBbZWchLWo1k6jnE0A@mail.gmail.com> <[email protected]>
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
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> "3com.com"
I recall that 3M was originally mmm.com because they wouldn't allow a number
to start a domain.
/me runs whois mmm.com
Yep, Created on..............: 1988-10-31.
but wait, 3m.com Created on..............: 1988-05-27.
So was the digit as first octet a limitation with some OS or software (BIND,
sendmail, gopher?) or do I have brain-fade?
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Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474