Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Choice of TLD for internal network
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 14:40:15
Message-Id: 20171219144000.116ddb31@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Choice of TLD for internal network by Michael Orlitzky
1 On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 08:59:10 -0500, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
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3 > > I have used .localdomain for years without issue. VLANS
4 > > (wifi.localdomain, lan.localdomain etc.) are great if you have the
5 > > hardware to do it.
6 > >
7 > > Using non-official TLD internally shouldn't cause any problems (unless
8 > > someone is "stupid").
9 >
10 > When someone registers ".localdomain", you're going to start
11 > sending them your private, internal traffic.
12
13 If you're using .localdomain, you either have it in your host file or a
14 local DNS service, so you should never get the public DNS address
15 for .localdomain... unless you don't use hosts and try it when connecting
16 your laptop via another network.
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20 Neil Bothwick
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22 WinErr 003: Dynamic linking error - Your mistake is now in every file