domain name length vs character string length

[Stefan Puiu]

Hi,

Well how can you be sure that the domain you put in the zone file
would take up less than 255 characters in wire format?

Btw, there's an explanation for the constants in the mailing list
archive. The actual limit is 1004, and it requires escaped characters
to 'achieve'.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/browse_frm/thread/40acb454bebd9ef3/0553e92784d927c8?lnk=gst&q=NS_MAXDNAME+puiu&rnum=1#0553e92784d927c8

Stefan.

On 10/18/06, Jack Tavares <j.tavares at f5.com> wrote:
> So, does this mean one can have a domainname in wire format that,
> converted to string representation) can be greater than 255?