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On 12/19/2017 12:22 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: |
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> There are; .local and .localhost are reserved TLDs. |
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.local is reserved for Apple's multicast DNS stuff, which requires names |
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to be resolved via a nonstandard method: |
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Any DNS query for a name ending with ".local." MUST be sent to the |
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mDNS IPv4 link-local multicast address 224.0.0.251 (or its IPv6 |
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equivalent FF02::FB). |
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Therefore anything that supports RFC 6762 will break if you name your |
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domain ".local". Likewise, .localhost is reserved by RFC 6761 which says |
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Users may assume that IPv4 and IPv6 address queries for localhost |
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names will always resolve to the respective IP loopback address. |
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Caching DNS servers SHOULD recognize localhost names as special |
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and SHOULD NOT attempt to look up NS records for them, or |
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otherwise query authoritative DNS servers in an attempt to |
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resolve localhost names. |
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In other words, anything that supports RFC 6761 will break if you name |
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your domain ".localhost". |
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