Re: domain names, was: hostname
On Wednesday 21 February 2018 01:00:52 Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 01:05:41AM +0000, mick crane wrote:
> > On 2018-02-21 00:33, Dan Purgert wrote:
> > > mick crane wrote:
> > > > On 2018-02-20 19:36, Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
> > > > ,snipped>
> > > >
> > > > > Other than that, opinion seems divided on whether for a home
> > > > > LAN it makes more sense to leave domain name unset, or to
> > > > > provide a value (picked carefully, perhaps ending ".test" or
> > > > > ".invalid"). In some ways
> > > > > I like the idea of providing a planned/known name, if only
> > > > > because I'd
> > > > > recognise it for what it is if I saw it in error messages,
> > > > > logs etc in
> > > > > future.
> > > > >
> > > > > I almost wonder if, to avoid any potential name conflict, one
> > > > > would be
> > > > > sensible to register a domain, and then NOT have it point at
> > > > > one's own
> > > > > home LAN - because unless a dynamic DNS service is used, how
> > > > > could one keep that uptodate (my cable internet ISP does
> > > > > change my WAN ip address occasionally) - and use its name on
> > > > > the home system. But then again that might have unintended
> > > > > consequences.
> > > >
> > > > I think it used to be OK and was suggested to use ".home" for
> > > > local network but then a cellphone company started using it. Now
> > > > I think it is
> > > > OK to use ".local"
> > >
> > > ".local" is out too -- reserved for mDNS (bonjour / avahi ).
> >
> > Oh, for gawd's sake. Is there not an RFC for local domains ?
>
> There is, see RFC 7788 and RFC 8244. ".home", while being
> controversial, is probably fine. And there's ".test", which is
> perfectly fine as far as RFC 6761 concerned.
>
> Reco
I don't think it matters as long as it does not resolve external to ones
home network. There's no domain ending in .den, so 30 years ago I picked
the smartest animal I ever met for my home domain. Zero problems.
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