maximum size of a domain
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Thu Feb 3 00:10:05 UTC 2000
> I tried to register a long domain name with Network Solutions and was told
> that there is a 26-character limit (including the four characters in .com).
> I asked if this was a Network Solutions limitation or if this is a limitation
> specified in an RFC. I did not get a response. Does anyone know what the
> maximum character-length of a domain is and what RFC contains this informatio
> n.
The DNS limit on an individual label is 63 octets.
Mark
>
> Thanks, Steven.
>
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