Re: Too long a domain name

heh, guess you haven't seen my router box's hostname,
sergeantpepperslonelyheartsclubband.futureks.net, or my best friend's
router box, plattemassenspeicher-groesstintegriertes.complete.org

Mine actually has a web server on it, too, for the MRTG graphs it
generates. :-)

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, 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.
>
>

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Received on Thu Jul 29 1999 - 19:58:31 MDT