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lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours ago

How many consecutive hyphens can you have in a domain name?

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How many consecutive hyphens can you have in a domain name?

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lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours ago
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A seemingly simple question which sent me down into the murky depths of standards. How many consecutive hyphens can you have in a domain name? It probably isn't sensible to name your online presence a----------hyphen.com - but is there anything technically stopping you? Table of ContentsHistoryTLD RestrictionsAnomaliesSo What? History Let's do some history! This is 1978's "HOST NAMES…
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    The obvious choice is 8-------------------------------------------------------------D.com

    Unfortunately D will become d in a browser URL field.

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      It’d need to be equal signs too, not just hyphens or dashes. Girth is love, girth is life.

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    I mean, there’s nothing stopping you, but it’s a bad idea. You can also call your website aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com. Good luck trying to type that out as an end user.

    Still, I like that going to the website mentioned by the article, http://a-------------------------------------------------------------a.com/ , gives you a page trying to sell it to you in the most ironic way.

    I’m guessing it’s not intentionally silly.

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