Multiple Hyphens in Hostname

Wed Aug 4 03:59:36 UTC 1999

Do it all the time with no problems we use dept-extension-uniqueid ex
pc-12345-a.  Combo of 4.97 servers and 8.1 servers...  

On 26 Jul 1999 12:35:14 -0700, 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?
>
>Leon Workman
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