Re: [gentoo-user] Choice of TLD for internal network

[Adam Carter]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
wrote:

> On Monday, 18 December 2017 09:49:41 GMT Adam Carter wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
> > wrote:
> > > I've been running Linux systems since 1994, calling my private LAN
> mynet
> > > (bowdlerised). Now I come to install neth server on one machine, it
> > > insists that I tell it a domain name with at least two dots in it.
> >
> > That's dumb, and may be an omen on what the rest of it is like.
>
> Maybe not. See the debate at
> https://community.nethserver.org/t/i-fell-at-the-first-hurdle/8563/4
>
>
I can't see any concrete info on why your original config was a problem,
but a charitable read could amount to "given the interdependencies of the
various components, the requirement for two dots in the FQDN was deemed the
best compromise *for neth*".