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thehatfox@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network

www.theregister.com

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ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network

www.theregister.com

thehatfox@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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Vint Cerf revealed Google already uses the string, as do plenty of others
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  • Metz@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    i thought that is what .local is for. guess i misunderstand something.

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      It was (unofficially) but then bonjour and mdns started using it and it became less reliable

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        so eventually we’re going to end up with .internaldomainonlyforinternalusenottobeexposedtotheinternetPLEASEcanwejusthaveONEproperlyinternalonlydomainhowdifficultcanthisbeyouguys

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          That’s what might have happened had the ICANN not reserved .internal

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        ah, makes sense. thanks for the info!

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    Finally. I’ve been using <blah>.arpa ones for years.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    Nope

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    .lan

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