On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:24:53AM +0000, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote:
> Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote:
> > On 2024-01-11, Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > There was a thread that "home" as the top level domain might not be 
> > > really safe (somebody might register it). A reserved domain is 
> > > "home.arpa" so e.g. to have "thinkpad", the /etc/hosts entry should
> > > be
> > >
> > > 127.0.1.1       thinkpad.home.arpa thinkpad
> > >  
> > 
> >  The .arpa domain is the “Address and Routing Parameter Area” domain
> > and is designated to be used exclusively for Internet-infrastructure
> >  purposes.
> > 
> > https://www.iana.org/domains/arpa
> 
> Indeed, and a little way down that page it says:
> 
>   home.arpa     For non-unique use in residential home networks
>                 RFC 8375
> 

Oh thanks for information!


Sincerely, Byung-Hee

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