Actually, the use of .local may become more of a problem if ZeroConf IP takes hold.
http://files.zeroconf.org/draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal.txt It is already a technology built-in to the current Macintosh OS and is no doubt elsewhere. Using .local causes havoc with these other OS machines. You might use something like .loc or .private. Or, register another domain that you will never use in the outside world but IS globally unique (e.g., inside-company.com). -- nme -----Original Message----- From: Robert Rutherford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS naming confused I would simply suggest using a domain name of yourcompany.local for your installation size. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sveta Sent: 16 October 2004 20:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS naming confused Hi I have scenario , one server win 2003 std , confused with the dns naming , we have company.com , but it hosted somewhere else mail and web , what I should name my new installation only one server 10 users file server -- Best regards, Sveta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ ======================================================================= Scanned for virus infection by Messagelabs ======================================================================= List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
