Re: Debian and FQDN lookup
Quoting David Wright (deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk):
>
> I'm one of the many who use .home
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cheshire-homenet-dot-home-00
> and this paper points out that there's an awful lot of leakage onto
> the Internet.
>
> I think I/we ought to be using .local
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762
> because this won't get onto the Internet.
>
> Do you think there's time to get such advice into jessie's installer
> for domestic users (assuming it's good advice)?
... er, or even the opposite advice (appendix G) which shows how
fraught this area is!
ie .intranet .internal .private .corp .home .lan as "appropriate".
Cheers,
David.
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