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The very first paragraph of that article says: > The implementation of both approaches on the same network can be problematic, however, so resolving such names
by jkrems 10y ago
The very first paragraph of that article says:
> The implementation of both approaches on the same network can be problematic, however, so resolving such names via “unicast” DNS servers has fallen into disfavor as computers, printers and other devices supporting zero-configuration networking (zeroconf) have become increasingly common.
Which seems to confirm what the original poster wrote - it sounds like a bad idea using it on OSX where it collides with bonjour.
- josteink 10y agoOr it was a bad idea for apple and bonjour to collide with an established RFC. Why should everyone else change their ways because apple made an error?
- noinsight 10y agoIt's not "Apple's error", .local is now an IANA reserved special-use domain name for multicast DNS, i.e. in the same category as .example and .test. http://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names/special-use-domain-names.xhtml http://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names/spe...
- detaro 10y agoThat RFC was created because of mDNS/Bonjour, to stop others from using that name for other purposes.