May 2006
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
12h 20m
English
Names are listed in a dot notation (for example, abc.head.company.com). They have the following general syntax:
string.string.string .........string.
where the first string is a computer name, followed by the name of the lowest inserted domain, then the name of a higher domain, and so on. For unambiguousness, a dot expressing the root domain is also listed at the end.
The entire name can have a maximum of 255 characters. An individual string can have a maximum of 63 characters. The string can consist of letters, numbers, and hyphens. A hyphen cannot be at the beginning or at the end of a string. There are also extensions specifying a richer repertoire of characters that can be used to create names. However, we usually avoid these ...
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