How many consecutive hyphens can you have in a domain name?
8d 22h ago by piefed.social/u/mesamunefire in programming@programming.dev from shkspr.mobi
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…
Possibly the most consecutive hyphens belongs to http://a-------------------------------------------------------------a.com/
Sixty-one hyphens! The maximum possible, and it still works!