Re: [gentoo-user] TLD for home LAN?

[Raphael Mejias Dias]

>
> On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 5:57 AM William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 15/1/22 18:33, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > Rich F said recently, "I'd avoid using the .local TLD due to RFC 6762."
> > >
> > > That brings me back to a thorny problem: what should I call my local
> network?
> > > It used to be .prhnet, but then a program I tried a few years ago
> insisted on
> > > a two-component name, so I changed it to .prhnet.local.
> > >
> > > Now I've read that RFC - well, Appendix G to it - and I'm scratching
> my head.
> > > I suppose it's possible that someone may want to connect an Apple
> device to my
> > > network, so perhaps I should clear the way for that eventuality.
> > >
> > > So, what TLD should I use? Should I use .home, or just go back to
> .prhnet? It
> > > isn't going to be visible to the Big Bad World, so does it even matter?
> > >
> > Ive been using "localdomain" for years without any obvious problems.
> > .local is not just apple but can be used by other things too (e.g.,
> > homeassistant uses it for device discovery, creating an extensive
> > ecosystem in the process.  No apple devices in sight :)
>
> Just about everything supports mDNS, including Gentoo:
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Avahi
>
> (Most desktop-oriented distros enable it by default.)
>
> You might want to look into whether it solves your problems
> out-of-the-box without the need to run internal DNS.  The latter still
> has certain advantages, but mDNS obviously benefits from simplicity.
>
> --
> Rich
>
> This solution, change hosts file, that Avahi suggests, is the easy
solution without DNS local server?

I never realized about the host file
—
Raphael


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