Re: Temporary failure in name resolution
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
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