Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 08:36:53PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > What really bugs me is when the maintainers forget there are hosts file > users, and do something that totally screws us up, Gene, you're being irrational again. "Hosts file only" systems have been supported since before Debian

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread gene heskett
On 10/22/23 18:45, John Hasler wrote: I wrote: It's for people who haven't a clue as to what a domainname or address block is. Gene writes: If that is an insult, so be it. I just meant to explain that though it is not a solution to your problem, it is a solution to a problem some other

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > It's for people who haven't a clue as to what a domainname or address > block is. Gene writes: > If that is an insult, so be it. I just meant to explain that though it is not a solution to your problem, it is a solution to a problem some other people have. -- John Hasler

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread gene heskett
On 10/22/23 14:19, John Hasler wrote: Gene writes: Chuckle. Looks like a solution looking for a problem. You can use whatever domainname that tickles your fancy when your net is in an un-routeable address block. It's for people who haven't a clue as to what a domainname or address block is.

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 2:33 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > gene heskett wrote: > > On 10/22/23 11:19, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 7:13 AM Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > > https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8375 > > > > > Chuckle. Looks like a

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread Dan Ritter
gene heskett wrote: > On 10/22/23 11:19, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 7:13 AM Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> > > wrote: > > > > https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8375 > > > Chuckle. Looks like a solution looking for a problem. You can use whatever > domainname

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread John Hasler
Gene writes: > Chuckle. Looks like a solution looking for a problem. You can use > whatever domainname that tickles your fancy when your net is in an > un-routeable address block. It's for people who haven't a clue as to what a domainname or address block is.

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread gene heskett
On 10/22/23 11:19, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 7:13 AM Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: It's fairly recent (RFC 8375, May 2018) but this type of usage is pretty much exactly what home.arpa is meant for. https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8375 Chuckle.

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 7:13 AM Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: > > On 21 Oct 2023 17:13 -0400, from poc...@columbus.rr.com (Pocket): > > Why would I register a domain name for an internal network? > > Any name will do. You could make the same argument if you just > > makeup a

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread Pocket
On 10/22/23 07:13, Michael Kjörling wrote: On 21 Oct 2023 17:13 -0400, from poc...@columbus.rr.com (Pocket): Why would I register a domain name for an internal network? Any name will do. You could make the same argument if you just makeup a domain to use as it could already be registered or

Re: Domain name to use on home networks; was: Bookworm: NetworkManager

2023-10-22 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 21 Oct 2023 17:13 -0400, from poc...@columbus.rr.com (Pocket): > Why would I register a domain name for an internal network? > Any name will do. You could make the same argument if you just > makeup a domain to use as it could already be registered or someone > my register it in the future. >