On 16 Feb 2013 07:03, "Patrik Fältström" <paf(_at_)frobbit(_dot_)se> wrote:
On 15 feb 2013, at 23:45, Warren Kumari <warren(_at_)kumari(_dot_)net> wrote:
Sure -- the DNS protocol *cannot* "handle any value in the octets" --
in fact, there are an *infinite* number of values it cannot handle *in the
octets*. For example, it cannot handle 257. It also cannot handle 321, nor
19.3...
Ok, it is obvious Friday...somewhere...
Once when being on IESG way back when I was tasked to write the response
to the letter we got with a suggestion on an alternative solution for the
"running out of IPv4 addresses" problem.
The proposal was to not stop counting at 255 in each of the four numbers
separated by periods, but continue to (at least) 999.
Seems quite sensible to me. After all, we do this in TELNET option
negotiation.