Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-26 Thread Roderick
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016, Craig Skinner wrote: You could have a monthly email to remind you to check if it is registered. If that _EVER_ happens, you can easily change a small network to .priv (or something else) on a lazy wet afternoon. No drama. For a hobbyist network, it doesn't matter too much

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-26 Thread Craig Skinner
Hi Rodrigo, On 2016-02-25 Thu 15:18 PM |, Roderick wrote: > > My names without dots in /etc/hosts are to be considered as names > immediately under the root in the DNS tree, as also "localhost" > (localhost.). The names inflation has a bad effect on my praxis. > Is/was it not a common praxis? Som

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-25 Thread Roderick
On Wed, 24 Feb 2016, Janne Johansson wrote: Since "dk." resolves to an A-record, I guess that works as an FQDN. We tend to suppose that a FQDN is a hostname plus a domain, but this is obviously not the case. Any string as described at the end of hosts (5) should serve as a host name. We conti

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-25 Thread Roderick
Hello anyone and thanks for the clarifications! On Thu, 25 Feb 2016, Craig Skinner wrote: Here's the full public domain name root list (which changes): http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db There is an inflation of TLD Names. I hope that registering a domain name become cheaper due to this abun

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-25 Thread Kamil Cholewiński
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2016-02-24, Kamil Cholewiński wrote: >> This. See how Google bought '.dev'. >> >> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2606 > > was cheaper to buy the TLD to prevent anyone else from grabbing > it, rather than change it> Definitely. At Google's scale,

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-25 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2016-02-24, Kamil Cholewiński wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2016, Peter Hessler wrote: >> On 2016 Feb 24 (Wed) at 12:59:04 + (+), Craig Skinner wrote: >> :Hi Rodrigo, >> : >> :On 2016-02-24 Wed 10:48 AM |, Roderick wrote: >> :> >> :> Should the name in /etc/myname include a domain name? Eve

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-25 Thread Craig Skinner
On 2016-02-24 Wed 14:13 PM |, Kamil Cholewi??ski wrote: > > Any other relevant RFC's? > Yes Kamil;- RFC 6761 (2606) reserves *) .example: for use in examples, includes .example.{com,net,org} *) .invalid: for use as obviously invalid (@address.invalid has special meaning for M

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-24 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:59:04PM +, Craig Skinner wrote: > Do not use .local - it buggers up Apple toys. I would also recommend not using any valid top-level domain that you do not control for this purpose. A certain (microsoft-heavy) organization's choice of $companyname.int as the domai

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-24 Thread Kamil Cholewiński
On Wed, 24 Feb 2016, Peter Hessler wrote: > On 2016 Feb 24 (Wed) at 12:59:04 + (+), Craig Skinner wrote: > :Hi Rodrigo, > : > :On 2016-02-24 Wed 10:48 AM |, Roderick wrote: > :> > :> Should the name in /etc/myname include a domain name? Even when I > :> do not have a static IP registered

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-24 Thread Peter Hessler
On 2016 Feb 24 (Wed) at 12:59:04 + (+), Craig Skinner wrote: :Hi Rodrigo, : :On 2016-02-24 Wed 10:48 AM |, Roderick wrote: :> :> Should the name in /etc/myname include a domain name? Even when I :> do not have a static IP registered in a public DNS? :> : :Yes, these non-public "domains" a

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-24 Thread Craig Skinner
Hi Rodrigo, On 2016-02-24 Wed 10:48 AM |, Roderick wrote: > > Should the name in /etc/myname include a domain name? Even when I > do not have a static IP registered in a public DNS? > Yes, these non-public "domains" are suitable: .localdomain .internal .private .priv You can serve them on your

Re: hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-24 Thread Janne Johansson
2016-02-24 11:48 GMT+01:00 Roderick : > Dear Sirs! > > Should the name in /etc/myname include a domain name? Even when I > do not have a static IP registered in a public DNS? > > In "man 5 myname" I read: > > "The file should contain a single line specifying the fully > qualified domain name (FQDN

hostname | /etc/hosts

2016-02-24 Thread Roderick
Dear Sirs! Should the name in /etc/myname include a domain name? Even when I do not have a static IP registered in a public DNS? In "man 5 myname" I read: "The file should contain a single line specifying the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the system" Does FQDN mean, that anyone in the