Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Indeed in a non-public network, I'm free to provision a
> ".1" TLD, and even create hosts as sub-domains of this name:
This would break a (non-normative) promise in RFC 1123
However, a valid host name can never
have the dotted-decimal form #.#.#.#, since at least the
highest-level component label will be alphabetic.
Tony.
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