Multiple Hyphens in Hostname

[Barry Margolin]

In article <7nibe4$r39$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
Leon Workman  <lworkman at mhc.net> wrote:
>I've read RFC 1035 and RFC 1123, but they make no mention as to whether
>or not multiple hyphens within hostnames are fine.  I've got a network
>with several thousand PC's and printers setup with hostnames that have
>two or more hyphens in them.  Am I going to have to reconfigure each
>client's name on the entire network if I want to get DNS up and running?

The rules are in RFC 952, with a minor modification in 1123.  They're very
clear about where hyphens are not allowed: the first and last characters of
a label.

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