single-character host names

[Peter Dambier]

How about

; <<>> DiG 9.4.3b2 <<>> -t . @a.root-servers.net
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49774
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 14
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;.                              IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
.                       518400  IN      NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
.                       518400  IN      NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       198.41.0.4
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:503:ba3e::2:30
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.228.79.201
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       128.8.10.90
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.203.230.10
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.5.5.241
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:2f::f
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.112.36.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       128.63.2.53
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:1::803f:235
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.36.148.17
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.58.128.30
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:503:c27::2:30

;; Query time: 216 msec
;; SERVER: 198.41.0.4#53(198.41.0.4)
;; WHEN: Sat Mar  7 15:43:03 2009
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 500



Mike Bernhardt wrote:
> I've been looking into the RFCs regarding whether or not single-character
> (alpha) host names are allowed or not. RFC 952 says no, but 2181 says that
> host names must between 1 and 63 octets in length, which would appear to say
> "yes."
> 
> Certainly, several large organizations (Google, Yahoo and CNN, to name 3)
> are using at least 1: "m"
> 
> So what is the accepted view on this currently? Is there another RFC that
> has made it OK now?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
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