Wasn't the 'evil bit' able to hold the value 2 ? Use all evil bits for IP addresses and we'll soon have no need for IPv6. :D ~C. On 2/15/13 6:45 PM, Warren Kumari wrote: > > On Feb 15, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Patrik Fältström <paf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 15 feb 2013, at 18:19, Joe Touch <touch@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> - the Bert version uses DNS strings that aren't valid >>> (*, +, ',', ++) >> >> Are we going to open again the question whether the DNS protocol can handle any value in the octets, as compared to the hostname definition that says something more limited? ;-) > > 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... > > :-P > W > >> >> Patrik >> > > -- > Don't be impressed with unintelligible stuff said condescendingly. > -- Radia Perlman. > > > > >