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Michael Osipov commented on VALIDATOR-459:
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{{.local}} is a reserved domain for special usecases and not intended to be
used the way you use it. It is a clear abuse. Please read:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local]
> Allow UrlValidator/DomainValidator to skip the TLD validation
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> Key: VALIDATOR-459
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VALIDATOR-459
> Project: Commons Validator
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Christophe Lé
> Priority: Minor
>
> Hello there,
> One of my applications is validating URLs which can be on the internet OR in
> the same network. Those from the same network are ending with *.local*.
> Unfortunately, *.local* is not referenced anywhere in DomainValidator.
> Besides, whenever new TLDs are out, the library has to be updated with those.
> I was wondering if adding a flag to skip the TLD validation would be an
> interesting feature to have?
> # Whatever exotic internal TLD an application is using, if an URL points to
> nothing it doesn't matter since ultimately, the component which is going to
> initiate a network call will fail.
> # If people doesn't bother about the legitimacy of a TLD, they should not be
> _forced_ to update to the latest version of the library whenever a new TLD is
> out. Such action should be motivated for feature or security reasons.
> This flag would only be meaningful if you don't really care about the
> legitimacy of a TLD.
> What do you think?
>
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