On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 03:17:00PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: [...]
> > If your LAN is isolated, you can basically do whatever you > > want. > > And then act surprised when networking breaks :) You just have to understand what's going on, that's all > > > And then there are "special" TLDs (.local, I'm looking at > > you) where you'll get lots of fun effects should you decide > > to use them (zeroconf, I'm looking at you :-) > > I _think_ .local is reserved for mDNS. See > <https://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names/special-use-domain-names.xhtml>. It's a while ago -- I went through this in some $BIGCORP. Windows ops insisted in having the internal top level as .local (don't ask :-) For me it was as easy as kicking out Avahi. For the Mac users it was... interesting :-) > It looks like .internal and possibly .private are coming soon. See > <https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-top-level-domain-string-for-private-use-24-01-2024> > and <https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/29/icann_internal_tld/>. Whatever. Your net, your rules. Just make sure the software you use plays along (Avahi is fond of .local because of mDNS, for example). Cheers -- tomás
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