RFC 1035 vs RFC 1123: clarify the difference

2023-12-07 14:38:15 +11:00 · 2023-12-07 14:38:15 +11:00 · ee0bb1b28a
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@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ This means the name must:
 - start with an alphabetic character
 - end with an alphanumeric character

+The only difference between the RFC 1035 and RFC 1123
+label standards is that RFC 1123 labels are allowed to
+start with a digit, whereas RFC 1035 labels can start
+with a lowercase alphabetic character only.
+
 ### Path Segment Names

 Some resource types require their names to be able to be safely encoded as a