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Re: RFC 2181: What is the maximum length of a domain name?

At 23:26 -0400 5/5/03, David C Lawrence wrote:

Edward Lewis writes:

 It looks to me 4*(63+63+63+61)+5 = 1005 octets for the [maximum
 standard text representation] is possible

Only four labels means only four dots when written with the root label
dot.  1004 total.

D'oh.  I keep forgetting that 5 length octets = 4 dots.
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