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Like the linked wikipedia article says, .local is used by mDNS(zeroconf/bonjour/avahi/etc.), so you might see weird stuff if you use it for a "normal" DNS envir
by jabl 10y ago
Like the linked wikipedia article says, .local is used by mDNS(zeroconf/bonjour/avahi/etc.), so you might see weird stuff if you use it for a "normal" DNS environment.
AFAICT current "best practice" for private networks is to use a private subdomain of your real domain. Say, .internal.example.com.
- tokenizerrr 10y agoGoogle registered the .dev gTLD for their internal use. So I've been doing the same, hijacking all requests for the .dev gTLD and serving up my own zones.
- noinsight 10y agoGoogle has both .dev and .prod.
- parenthephobia 10y agoThat's fine until Google buys your company. :)
- tokenizerrr 10y agoI am willing to take that risk. :)
- paulddraper 10y agoI will not be that sad.
- darfs 10y agoThat's why i use sometimes simply .loc.. :)
- tokenizerrr 10y agoThe annoying part is that Chrome treats valid (g)TLDs differently. If you type test.dev in your browser it will try to resolve test.dev. But if you type test.loc, it will google for test.loc. There are a lot of workarounds sure, but try explaining that to everyone else.
- amyjess 10y agoFYI, some Linux distributions default to .localdomain instead. But for my machines, I just use a domain that I own.