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You can use the .local, .localhost, .example, and .test TLDs for local domains -- these are IANA reserved: https://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-n

• mschuster91 5y ago
  .local is used for mDNS these days, don't use it if your network has Apple devices.
  • detaro 5y ago
    not just Apple devices, you'll find mDNS resolvers on many setups. Overrides in the hosts file might be fine, but still, I'd avoid it.
  • zinekeller 5y ago
    > don't use it if your network has Apple devices. As of now, but something about IPv6 also forced Microsoft to implement this, and some Linux distros also does this in CUPS (I know it's Apple...)
• dantiberian 5y ago
  Only .localhost, .example, .test, and .invalid are reserved for those purposes: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2606 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2606. .local is reserved, but for mDNS usage.
• tentacleuno 5y ago
  What about .arpa[0]? [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17093337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17093337