[aklug] Re: internal domain name recommendation

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@eeinternet.com> wrote:

>> I run local (intranet) services that I don't *want* available on the
>> Internet, even to not putting them into my public-facing DNS zones. I
>> started with .local originally in the pre-OS X era, regretted it when
>> Mac OS X was released, but worked around it and am still using .local
>> as of 2010. Windows has never had any problems resolving .local via
>> DNS, afaict.
>
> Isn't .localdomain exactly for this purpose?

Joshua,

I always understood .localdomain (and localhost.localdomain) to be
host-specific. Can't find any suggested usage in quick Googling.
Apparently one can just make up one's own TLD, and .local is in some
kind of widespread use.

jermudgeon
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Received on Mon Jun 7 09:11:52 2010