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+-*- outline -*-
+
+* What characters may be used for host name?
+
+As say RFC 952 hostname is a text string up to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet
+(A-Z), digits (0-9), minus sign (-), and period (.).
+
+As say RFC 1035:
+
+  <domain> ::= <subdomain> | " "
+
+  <subdomain> ::= <label> | <subdomain> "." <label>
+
+  <label> ::= <letter> [ [ <ldh-str> ] <let-dig> ]
+
+  <ldh-str> ::= <let-dig-hyp> | <let-dig-hyp> <ldh-str>
+
+  <let-dig-hyp> ::= <let-dig> | "-"
+
+  <let-dig> ::= <letter> | <digit>
+
+  <letter> ::= any one of the 52 alphabetic characters A through Z in
+  upper case and a through z in lower case
+
+  <digit> ::= any one of the ten digits 0 through 9