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ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network (www.theregister.com)

submitted 3 months ago by thehatfox to c/sysadmin

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[–] Metz 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] scholar 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] scholar 8 points 3 months ago

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

[–] Metz 6 points 3 months ago

ah, makes sense. thanks for the info!

[–] Brewchin 7 points 3 months ago

Finally. I've been using .arpa ones for years.

[–] WhyFlip 1 points 3 months ago

.lan

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Nope