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From: tastytea <gentoo@××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] TLD for home LAN?
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 10:54:52
Message-Id: 20220115115358.2fed792b@ventiloplattform.tastytea.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] TLD for home LAN? by Peter Humphrey
1 On 2022-01-15 10:33+0000 Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2
3 > Hello list,
4 >
5 > Rich F said recently, "I'd avoid using the .local TLD due to RFC
6 > 6762."
7 >
8 > That brings me back to a thorny problem: what should I call my local
9 > network? It used to be .prhnet, but then a program I tried a few
10 > years ago insisted on a two-component name, so I changed it to
11 > .prhnet.local.
12 >
13 > Now I've read that RFC - well, Appendix G to it - and I'm scratching
14 > my head. I suppose it's possible that someone may want to connect an
15 > Apple device to my network, so perhaps I should clear the way for
16 > that eventuality.
17 >
18 > So, what TLD should I use? Should I use .home, or just go back to
19 > .prhnet? It isn't going to be visible to the Big Bad World, so does
20 > it even matter?
21 >
22
23 ICANN rejected .home as a TLD¹ because of name collision issues in
24 private networks, so that should be fine.
25
26 Another solution would be to register an inexpensive domain name and use
27 that. 😊
28
29 Kind regards, tastytea
30
31 ¹ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.home>
32
33 --
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35 <https://tastytea.de/tastytea.asc>.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] TLD for home LAN? Matthias Hanft <mh@×××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] TLD for home LAN? Alarig Le Lay <alarig@××××××××××.fr>
Re: [gentoo-user] TLD for home LAN? Ralph Seichter <ralph@×××××××××××.de>
RE: [gentoo-user] TLD for home LAN? Laurence Perkins <lperkins@×××××××.net>