Re: Temporary failure in name resolution

[debian-user@howorth.org.uk]

Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> On 2024-01-11, Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > There was a thread that "home" as the top level domain might not be 
> > really safe (somebody might register it). A reserved domain is 
> > "home.arpa" so e.g. to have "thinkpad", the /etc/hosts entry should
> > be
> >
> > 127.0.1.1       thinkpad.home.arpa thinkpad
> >  
> 
>  The .arpa domain is the “Address and Routing Parameter Area” domain
> and is designated to be used exclusively for Internet-infrastructure
>  purposes.
> 
> https://www.iana.org/domains/arpa

Indeed, and a little way down that page it says:

  home.arpa     For non-unique use in residential home networks
                RFC 8375

:P