query re IPv6 URL format

bound@zk3.dec.com bound@zk3.dec.com
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 16:50:52 -0400


>What's the limit on the length of a DNS label (not the whole DNS name,
>but the thing that goes between the dots in a DNS name)?  Is it less than
>32, by any chance?

labels can be 63 octets

But the entire name can only be 255 octets.

/jim