On 15/11/12 15:39, Carsten Strotmann wrote: > Phil Mayers <p.may...@imperial.ac.uk> writes: > >> On 14/11/12 15:02, King, Harold Clyde (Hal) wrote: >>> I'm a bit confused by a user request. I think he is trying to keep some >>> hosts on the private side of DNS, but he wants to use a DNS name like >>> host.sub.local. I do not know of the use of the .local TLD except in >>> bonjure. Can anyone shed some light on the use of the .local TLD? >> Pick a private sub-domain of a *real* domain that *you* own e.g. if >> you are "example.com", pick: >> >> sub.private.example.com > From my experience I recommend the solution Phil is describing. While > using a private top level domain is technical possible, I have seen too > many DNS admins that do not understand the implications and end up with > a system that is a burden for the local network and as well a burden for > the root-server system in the Internet. > > > A private subdomain of a delegated DNS domain owned by the company > (organization, individual) is much more save, and simpler to setup, and > serves the same purpose. I will certainly agree, my story about changing .local to .home to make things work again has a continuation that I eventually use the same domain inside the nat and outside, with a split DNS. It gives a bit more work for DNS administration but makes life very easy for clients, they see no difference because the names are the same but resolve to different IPs. I believe the load on the roots is not influenced by this.
If having different internal and external domains gives problems this is a possibility, if the purpose is to isolate internal vs. external hosts, use different subdomains. Just my 0.02$ > > -- Carsten > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Best regards Sten Carlsen No improvements come from shouting: "MALE BOVINE MANURE!!!"
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