4 ms·i'd wager the restrictions on leading dashes are to prevent command switch injection attacks on usersby zemnmez 7y agoi'd wager the restrictions on leading dashes are to prevent command switch injection attacks on userstoast0 7y agoPerhaps, but the restrictions also line up with requirements to be a valid DNS hostname.zemnmez 7y agoi believe those restrictions are for the same reason. I have a few leading dash hostnames and i only use them for attacking cli tools