Re: Virtual Host Doesn't Like An Entry

[Alex Pilson <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just curious, Stephanie. Is there a way around this?

> > Hello All,
> >
> > Last night I attempted to enter a new Virtual Host but all I could get
> > was an error telling me there was no DNS information. Taking it all in
> > stride I double checked my information with the DNS servers and the even
> > double checked with the NSI Registry and everything was in place
> > correctly. But I still could not add the domain to the Virtual Host. I
> > then deleted the DNS entries, restarted both servers, entered the DNS
> > info a second time copying and pasting the name to make sure there were
> > no spelling problems, but the Virtual Host still rejects the domain. It
> > is a long name 35 characters including the www. and .com, so maybe that
> > has something to do with the problem. Any suggestions?
>
> You hit it right on the mark.
>
> There is a defined limit of 63 characters (plus four for .com or 
> .net or whatever) in DNS (as defined by the RFC1035).
>
> As it happens, Netscape can't deal with domain names that long so 
> they don't work very well in the real world.
>
> In WebTen, the files for DNS are stored, with a name of 
> "db.your-domain-name.com", for example, and that is subject to the 
> Mac OS filenames limit of 32 characters.
> --
>     Stephanie J. Wright
--

Alex Pilson
VP Convergent Technologies
Planet Studio, LLC
404.816.5758, ext.104
http://www.planetstudio.com

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