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. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
