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On Monday, 18 December 2017 13:56:52 GMT Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 12/17/2017 09:05 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > Hello list, |
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> > I've been running Linux systems since 1994, calling my private LAN mynet |
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> > (bowdlerised). Now I come to install neth server on one machine, it |
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> > insists that I tell it a domain name with at least two dots in it. But |
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> > I don't have a standard TLD. |
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> > What do you all call your local LANs? Following Google hints, it looks |
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> > as |
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> > though I may have to change all .mynet references to .mynet.internal. |
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> You should probably buy a TLD. It's stupid, but there are no reserved |
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> top-level domain names for internal use. |
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What, for $185,000 plus quarterly fees[1]? No thanks. |
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> So that really leaves you with... nothing. Don't use ".internal" or any |
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> other name that isn't reserved or that you don't own[2]. |
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> For now, your best option is to buy a domain. |
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Come to think of it, I have a .me.uk domain registered. I wonder if I can |
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use that... |
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1. https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/24460/how-can-i-buy-my-own-personalized-top-level-domain-tld |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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