On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote: >> I hope they've considered what will happen if you go to >> http://localhost/ or >> http://pcname/ >> >> Is that the local networks pcname, or the gTld pcname? >> Are we going to have to start using a specially reserved .local gTld? > > No, of *course* ICANN didn't give any engineering thought to it. Cause the > engineers? Are all *here*.
Perhaps relevant: http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac045.pdf > And David Conrad's apparently the only guy who's heard about it. :-) When I used to go to ICANN meetings (haven't been to one in years), there were always a number of folks from the RIR community there, which at least in the ARIN region, tends to have non-trivial intersection with the NANOG community. I would be quite surprised if I was "the only guy who's heard about it". Regards, -drc
