[aklug] Re: internal domain name recommendation

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:37 AM, James Zuelow
<James_Zuelow@ci.juneau.ak.us> wrote:

> Depending on your network, the timeouts can still be painful.
>
> So if I'm working on any network with a Microsoft AD domain that uses foo=
.l=3D
> ocal, I find it easier to just nuke Avahi and avoid the whole issue. =A0I=
 per=3D
> sonally don't ever use mDNS anyway.
>
> As far as I know that's the only issue with .local as a domain with Linux=
. =3D
> =A0I don't know how Macs handle it, as they're Apple products and mDNS is=
 pro=3D
> bably integrated a bit more tightly. =A0Although Avahi now gets sucked in=
 wit=3D
> h KDE, so we may see more and more mDNS in the Linux space.

James, thanks for the detailed info. Great stuff.

I assumed that anyone running a network large enough to care about
local (or .local) DNS isn't going to be relying on mDNS anyway.

Don't use AD here, so I've never discovered the avahi conflict you
mentioned. Good to know.

jermudgeon
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Received on Mon Jun 7 09:55:17 2010