Tony Finch wrote:
Speaking technically, how would you distinguish the top-level domain
"127.0.0.1" from the IP address 127.0.0.1?
A word while passing here: is there a document (RFC, Posix standard,
whatever) which says which is the right result in such a case?
RFC 1123 section 2.1, especially the last sentence.
Interesting.
I hadn't noticed the implication of that, before, but it seems to be a pretty
clear technical specification that a top-level domain is not allowed to be a
decimal number. Ever.
That's a concrete constraint on what ICANN is permitted to authorize.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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