Validate a hostname string
import re def is_valid_hostname(hostname): if len(hostname) > 255: return False if hostname[-1] == “.”: hostname = hostname[:-1] # strip exactly one dot from the right, if present allowed = re.compile(“(?!-)[A-Z\d-]{1,63}(?<!-)$”, re.IGNORECASE) return all(allowed.match(x) for x in hostname.split(“.”)) ensures that each segment contains at least one character and a maximum of 63 characters consists only of … Read more