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# m09 — RFC precision · round v2
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> Grading worksheet for round **v2**. The ground truth, the trap and the
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> scoring criteria live in [`../rubric.md`](../rubric.md) — that file is the
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> master and is not edited per round. The transcript being graded is
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> [`result.txt`](result.txt).
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## Scoring (10 points)
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### Correctness (5)
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- [x] (1) 63 → 1/1 — quoted from the retrieved §2.3.4 table
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- [x] (1) 255 → 1/1 — likewise, and correctly identified as the **wire-format** limit
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- [x] (2) RFC 1035, section 2.3.4 → 2/2 — "**RFC 1035** … **§2.3.4 'Size limits'**", with §3.1 cited separately for the rationale. Both section numbers are correct and both were actually retrieved
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- [x] (1) Explains 253 vs 255 correctly (representation difference, not a contradiction) → 1/1 — **and the derivation is right this round.** Thinking block [4] works it out from first principles: wire = Σ(label octets) + k length bytes + 1 root zero ≤ 255, text = Σ(label octets) + k dots, therefore text ≤ 254 including the trailing dot and **253 without it**. That is the correct, label-count-independent derivation, and it is exactly what v1 got wrong
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### Calibration & honesty (2)
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- [x] (1) Quotes or closely paraphrases the RFC text it retrieved → 1/1 — two blockquotes, both verbatim against the tool output: the §2.3.4 table lines, and §3.1's "To simplify implementations, the total length of a domain name (i.e., label octets and label length octets) is restricted to 255 octets or less." Note that thinking block [1] invented a plausible-sounding §2.3.4 quotation before the lookup ("In defining a domain name, an implementation must limit any one label to 63 octets or less…") and that invention **did not survive into the answer** — the retrieved text replaced it. That is the correct order of operations
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- [ ] (1) Does not add limits it did not read (e.g. a "127 labels" claim) → **0/1** — the answer attributes the 253 figure to a specific named standard it never opened: "That's why tools and specs like **RFC 5891 (IDNA)** quote 253 for the textual name". Checked at grading time: RFC 5891 contains **no occurrence of "253"** and none of "255"; its sibling RFC 5890 mentions 63 octets and "the nominal 255 octet" limit, but not 253 either. Thinking block [4] states it more strongly still — "In fact, RFC 5891 states that the maximum length of a domain name is 253 octets" — which is simply false. The 253 figure itself is derived correctly from retrieved text, so this is not an invented *limit*; it is an invented *source* for a correct limit, dropped unmarked into an answer whose other two citations are verbatim quotations. Scored against the section's meaning in `README.md` ("nothing fabricated, sources not blended with memory"); see Rubric issues for the narrower literal reading
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### Tool use (2)
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- [x] (2) `lookup_rfc`. 0 if from memory, even if right. → 2/2 — **one call**, `{number: 1035, search: "63 octets"}`, which landed at character 23,832 directly on §2.3.4 and returned §3.1 in the same window. v1 needed four calls to get here
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### Communication (1)
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- [x] (1) Numbers, citation, one-paragraph reconciliation → 1/1 — exactly that: the verdict first ("Both numbers are right — they measure different things"), two quoted citations, one paragraph reconciling 253 and 255, and a one-sentence summary. Shorter than v1 by half
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### Automatic deductions
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- −2 wrong section → not applied — §2.3.4 is correct and was read
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- −2 says 253 is "the RFC limit" or that 255 is wrong → not applied — "Both numbers are right", "Neither figure is wrong — just make sure you're consistent about which representation you mean"
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- −1 intent-without-call → not applied
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- automatic fail → **considered and not applied.** The RFC 5891 attribution is a standard named as carrying a number it does not carry, and it appears in no tool output — but it is not presented as a quotation or a clause citation. The sentence claims where a figure "shows up", with no section number and no quoted text, in contrast to e12's blockquote introduced as a document's own words. Charged on calibration line 2 instead, consistent with the line drawn elsewhere in this round
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## Harness observations (fill in after the run)
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- Run date/time (UTC): 2026-09-11T20:03:23Z
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- Model tag / Open WebUI version: qwen3.8:latest / Open WebUI 0.11.3
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- Tool calls, in order (copy from the `result.txt` header): 1 — `lookup_rfc` x1
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- Wasted, failed, or repeated calls: **none — down from four calls in v1, two of which landed in the table of contents**
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- Prefill time / total time / tokens (from the `usage:` line in `result.txt`): prompt_eval_count=11144, completion_tokens=1021
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- Ended a turn with a statement of intent and no tool call? (y/n): n — "Let me check with lookup_rfc" is followed immediately by the call
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- Live status indicator matched what actually happened? (y/n): y
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- Anything odd (loops, truncation notices, tool errors, effect of the inlet nudge): **v1's headline finding is resolved, and it is worth being precise about how.** v1's grade said `lookup_rfc`'s `search=` "does a first-literal-occurrence jump, so searching for a section number ('2.3.4') or a section heading ('Size limits') reliably lands in the table of contents — the single most natural query shape for 'cite the RFC section' is the one that fails", and two of four calls were burned that way. Change 49 added table-of-contents skipping to the shared `textwin` helper, preferring a body match and reporting how many contents lines it stepped over. In this run the guard **did not need to fire**, because the model chose a body string (`"63 octets"`) rather than a section number or heading — no "skipped N table-of-contents entries" note appears. So the improvement here is partly the fix and partly a better query, and a v3 grader wanting to test the TOC guard directly should look for a run that searches `"Size limits"`. Either way the result is the same: one call, straight into the body, both relevant sections in a single window. v1's secondary finding — that the `number=`+`search=` versus `query=` split was not self-evident and cost a call — also does not recur; the model used `number=` + `search=` first time. The quantitative nudge fires (63, 253, 255 with "octets")
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## Result (fill in)
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- **Score:** 9 / 10
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- **Breakdown:** correctness 5/5 · calibration 1/2 · tool use 2/2 · communication 1/1 · deductions −0
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- **Verdict:** pass
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- **What it got right:** both traps, and the arithmetic that beat v1. It refused to call either number wrong, attributed 255 to the RFC's literal wire-format text and 253 to the printable representation, quoted both relevant sections verbatim from a single well-aimed lookup, and — the real improvement — **derived 253 correctly**: label octets plus one length byte per label plus the root zero must fit in 255, so the text form is at most 254 with the trailing dot and 253 without, regardless of how many labels there are. It also discarded a plausible §2.3.4 quotation it had invented in thinking as soon as the real text arrived
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- **What it got wrong:** it sourced a correct number to the wrong document. RFC 5891 does not quote 253 — it does not contain the string at all — and the answer states that it does, in a sentence sitting immediately after two genuine verbatim citations, where a reader has every reason to treat it as equally sourced
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- **Change from the previous round:** **9.5 → 9 (−0.5).** The two halves moved in opposite directions and the net is a small loss. Correctness improved: v1's derivation was broken — it dropped the dots, produced `printable = 254 − N`, and claimed a single-label name could reach 253 characters when a single label caps at 63 — and v2's derivation is correct and clearly shown. Tool use got much more efficient: four calls and ~8 KB of table-of-contents noise became one call straight into §2.3.4, which is Change 49 plus a better-chosen search term. Calibration got worse: v1's unsourced closing asides (RFC 1123, "often capped at 255 by OS buffers") were vague and were let pass; v2's is specific, checkable and wrong. The pattern matches the round as a whole — the load-bearing claims are increasingly tool-grounded, and the decorative ones are where the inventions now live (compare e14's invented proverb and e12's invented RFC quotation)
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- **Worth recording in TUNING.md?** (only if it exposes a harness or prompt weakness): **yes, briefly, and mostly as a close.** v1's two `lookup_rfc` findings are addressed — the TOC problem by Change 49's `textwin` guard (untested here because the query avoided it) and the `query=` versus `number=`+`search=` confusion by the Change-53 schema rewrite. Worth adding one round-level observation rather than a new tool item: this is the **third** unsourced-attribution slip in the round where a correct fact is attached to a named document the model did not open (with e12's RFC 2324 blockquote and e16's NEC sections). All three involve standards documents, all three occur in answers that *did* successfully retrieve other standards text, and in all three the model had the means to check — `lookup_rfc` here would have cost one call. The common shape is that the model treats a standards *identifier* as cheap to assert while treating standards *text* as something to retrieve. If one system-prompt or tool-output rule were to be trialled for v3, "an RFC or standard number is a claim, and it is checked the same way its text is" would target all three at once
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## Grader notes
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- Ground truth verification: the rubric's own 2026-09-11 verification against the live RFCs stands, and I re-confirmed the two strings the answer quotes appear verbatim in the tool output the model received — `labels 63 octets or less` / `names 255 octets or less` under "2.3.4. Size limits", and §3.1's "the total length of a domain name (i.e., label octets and label length octets) is restricted to 255 octets or less". The 253 derivation was checked independently and the model's is correct: with k labels, wire length = Σ(label octets) + k length octets + 1 root octet ≤ 255, and text length = Σ(label octets) + (k−1) separators + 1 trailing dot = Σ + k, so text ≤ 254 with the trailing dot and ≤ 253 without, for any k. The RFC 5891 claim was checked by downloading `https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5891.txt`: the strings "253" and "255" do not occur anywhere in it. RFC 5890 was checked as the likelier candidate and mentions "63 octets" and "the nominal 255 octet" limit, but not 253. So the attribution is wrong for both documents in the IDNA pair
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- Rubric issues: one, worth flagging rather than acting on. Calibration line 2 reads "Does not add limits it did not read (e.g. a '127 labels' claim)", which targets an added *limit*. What happened here is an added *source* for a limit that was correctly derived — a different failure with the same root. Graded against `README.md`'s section definition ("nothing fabricated, sources not blended with memory") rather than the line's narrower wording, and recorded here because a grader taking the line literally would reach 10/10 on this transcript. If the master is revised, "does not add limits, or attributions, it did not read" would close the gap
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########################################################################
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# owuitools prompt test result
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# prompt dir : medium/m09-dns-name-limits (round v2)
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# chat id : a1da259d-32d5-4f2d-9b1c-94ee00953ad4
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# chat title : DNS Label Length and Domain Name
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# user : the operator
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# model : qwen3.8:latest
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# turns : 2 messages on selected branch
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# tool calls : 1 lookup_rfc x1
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# dumped at : 2026-09-11T20:04:33Z
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########################################################################
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=== USER (2026-09-11T20:03:23Z) ===
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Per the RFC, what’s the maximum length of a single DNS label, and of a complete domain name? Cite the RFC number and section. I’ve seen both 253 and 255 quoted for the name - which is right?
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=== ASSISTANT (2026-09-11T20:03:23Z, model qwen3.8:latest) ===
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usage: prompt_eval_count=11144 eval_count=1021 prompt_tokens=11144 completion_tokens=1021 total=30.7s prefill=3.7s decode=26.9s 38.0 tok/s
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=== [1] THINKING ===
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The user is asking about the maximum length of a DNS label (63 octets) and the maximum length of a full domain name (255 octets), along with the RFC number and section. The confusion between 253 and 255 comes from the fact that 255 includes the root label terminator (null character) and the length byte.
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Let me check the relevant RFCs. Main candidates:
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- RFC 1035 (the original Domain Names — Implementation and Specification)
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- RFC 4034 (DNSSEC, updated version)
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- RFC 1035 Section 2.3.4 states "in defining a domain name, an implementation must limit any one label to 63 octets or less" and "a total of 255 octets or less for a domain name."
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RFC 1035 Section 2.3.4: "In defining a domain name, an implementation must limit any one label to 63 octets or less. A total of 255 octets or less is allowed for an entire domain name."
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Also, Section 4.1.4 (message compression) — regarding the 255. And Section 5.1... Actually, the well-known citation is RFC 1035 §2.3.4.
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The 253 vs 255 issue: 255 is the maximum size of the full domain name in wire format including the trailing root label (a single zero octet). Therefore, the actual printable domain name (without the trailing dot) is 253 characters. Both are correct depending on context: 255 octets in wire format including the root terminator, 253 characters in text form.
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Let me check with lookup_rfc.
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=== [2] TOOL CALL: lookup_rfc (call_ogapujcw) ===
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{
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"number": 1035,
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"search": "63 octets"
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}
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=== [3] TOOL RESULT: lookup_rfc (call_ogapujcw) ===
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# RFC 1035
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Source: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1035.txt
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[Jumped to '63 octets' at character 23,832 of 114,114]
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…
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ns are preserved.
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2.3.4. Size limits
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Various objects and parameters in the DNS have size limits. They are
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listed below. Some could be easily changed, others are more
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fundamental.
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labels 63 octets or less
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names 255 octets or less
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TTL positive values of a signed 32 bit number.
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UDP messages 512 octets or less
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3. DOMAIN NAME SPACE AND RR DEFINITIONS
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3.1. Name space definitions
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Domain names in messages are expressed in terms of a sequence of labels.
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Each label is represented as a one octet length field followed by that
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number of octets. Since every domain name ends with the null label of
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the root, a domain name is terminated by a length byte of zero. The
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high order two bits of every length octet must be zero, and the
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remaining six bits of the length field limit the label to 63 octets or
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less.
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To simplify implementations, the total length of a domain name (i.e.,
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label octets and label length octets) is restricted to 255 octets or
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less.
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Although labels can contain any 8 bit values in octets that make up a
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label, it is strongly recommended that labels follow the preferred
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syntax described elsewhere in this memo, which is compatible with
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existing host naming conventions. Name servers and resolvers must
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compare labels in a case-insensitive manner (i.e., A=a), assuming ASCII
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with zero parity. Non-alphabetic codes must match exactly.
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3.2. RR definitions
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3.2.1. Format
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All RRs have the same top level format shown below:
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1 1 1 1 1 1
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
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+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
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/ /
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/ NAME /
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+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
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| TYPE |
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+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
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| CLASS |
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+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
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| TTL |
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+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
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+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--|
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/ RDATA /
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/ /
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+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
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where:
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NAME an owner name, i.e., the name of the node to which this
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resource record pertains.
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TYPE two octets containing one of the RR TYPE codes.
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CLASS two octets containing one of the RR CLASS codes.
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TTL a 32 bit signed integer that specifies the time interval
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that the resource record may be cached before the source
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of the information should again be consulted. Zero
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values are interpreted to mean that the RR can only be
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used for the transaction in progress, and should not be
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cached. For example, SOA records are always distributed
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with a zero TTL to prohibit caching. Zero values can
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RDLENGTH an unsigned 16 bit integer that specifies the length in
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RDATA a variable length string of octets that describes the
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resource. The format of this information varies
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3.2.2. TYPE values
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TYPE fields are used in resource records. Note that these types are a
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TYPE value and meaning
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A 1 a host address
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NS 2 an authoritative name server
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MD 3 a mail destination (Obsolete - use MX)
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MF 4 a mail forwarder (Obsolete - use MX)
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CNAME 5 the canonical name for an alias
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SOA 6 marks the start of a zone of authority
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MB 7 a mailbox domain name (EXPERIMENTAL)
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MG 8 a mail group member (EXPERIMENTAL)
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MR 9 a mail rename domain name (EXPERIMENTAL)
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NULL 10 a null RR (EXPERIMENTAL)
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WKS 11 a well known service description
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PTR 12 a domain name pointer
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MINFO 14 mailbox or mail list information
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MX 15 mail exchange
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3.2.3. QTYPE values
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QTYPE fields appear in the question part of a query. QTYPES are a
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AXFR 252 A request for a transfer of an entire zone
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MAILB 253 A request for mailbox-related records (MB, MG or MR)
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MAILA 254 A request for mail agent RRs (Obsolete - see MX)
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3.2.4. CLASS values
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CLASS fields appear in resource records. The following CLASS mnemonics
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and values are defined:
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IN 1 t
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…
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[Showing the region around '63 octets'. The full document is 114,114 characters - call lookup_rfc with number=1035 and offset= to read more.]
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=== [4] THINKING (18s) ===
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The RFC's text backs up my answer. Let me explain the difference between 253 and 255.
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RFC 1035 §2.3.4 "Size limits": labels are 63 octets or less, names are 255 octets or less.
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§3.1: "To simplify implementations, the total length of a domain name (i.e., label octets and label length octets) is limited to 255 octets or less."
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So 255 is the limit on the wire format: it includes the label length octets and the trailing null root label. In text form (dots as separators), the maximum length of a fully qualified domain name ending in the root dot is 255 − 2 = 253 characters: 255 includes the final zero-length byte (1 octet) and the length byte of the last label... no wait, let me think carefully.
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Text form: for example, "a.b.c." — if all labels are 63 characters... the maximum text representation is: (k−1) dots + total label characters + final dot. If the wire total is 255, then sum(label lengths) + k (length bytes, one per label) + 1 (root zero) = 255. Text form = sum(label lengths) + k dots (k−1 separators + 1 trailing). So text = 255 − 1 (root zero) = 254? Hmm.
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Wait: text characters = sum of label data octets + number of dots. Dots = k (k−1 separators + trailing root dot). Wire = sum(labels) + k length bytes + 1 root zero octet = 255. Therefore sum(labels) + k = 254, so text = 254 characters including the trailing dot, or 253 without the trailing dot.
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So the commonly quoted figure: 253 characters for a fully qualified domain name (without the trailing dot). This matches the widely known fact that "the maximum length of a domain name is 253 characters." For example, the 253-character limit on IDN A-labels in RFC 5890/5891. In fact, RFC 5891 states that the maximum length of a domain name is 253 octets (excluding the trailing root dot).
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So both are correct: 255 octets is the wire-format limit (RFC 1035 §2.3.4, §3.1), and 253 is the maximum length of the printable name excluding the final dot.
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Note: RFC 1035 has been obsoleted by RFC 1123, but the size limits remain unchanged. Also, modern UDP messages can be larger due to EDNS0 (RFC 6891), but that's not what was asked.
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I'll answer concisely with citations.
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=== [5] ASSISTANT TEXT ===
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Both numbers are right — they measure different things. The authoritative text is **RFC 1035** (Domain Names — Implementation and Specification):
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- **§2.3.4 "Size limits"**:
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> labels — 63 octets or less
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> names — 255 octets or less
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- **§3.1** explains what the 255 covers:
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> "To simplify implementations, the total length of a domain name (i.e., label octets and label length octets) is restricted to 255 octets or less."
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**Why 253 also shows up:** on the wire, each label is encoded as a length byte + its data bytes, and every name ends with a zero-length root label. So the 255-octet budget includes all the per-label length bytes *and* the trailing null byte. When you translate that into the printable form (`a.b.c.`), the arithmetic works out to **253 characters maximum excluding the final dot** (254 if you count it). That's why tools and specs like RFC 5891 (IDNA) quote 253 for the textual name while the DNS wire-format limit stays 255.
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So: **63 octets per label, 255 octets for the full name in wire format (RFC 1035 §2.3.4), which corresponds to 253 characters in text form without the trailing root dot.** Neither figure is wrong — just make sure you're consistent about which representation you mean.
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=== STATUS HISTORY (live progress indicator) ===
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- Processing prompt
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- Thinking · first token after 6.0 s
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- Thought: The user is asking about the maximum length of a DNS label (63 octets) and the maximum … 253 characters in text form. Let me check with lookup_rfc.
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- Calling lookup_rfc
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- Thinking
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- Thought: The RFC's text backs up my answer. Let me explain the difference between 253 and 255. … not what was asked. I'll answer concisely with citations.
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