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Doesn't work if you need to refer to more than one domain. .example is also reserved for this exact purpose.

• layer8 3y ago
  It does work when you use subdomains. And there’s also example.org and example.net.
  • digging 3y ago
    > It does work when you use subdomains. That's true but most people don't understand what subdomains are, so we're back to being (more) difficult for laypersons. > And there’s also example.org and example.net Well, that's a good point. There are options.
    • layer8 3y ago
      I think in the context of SSH, use of subdomains is very common and to be expected. As far as laypersons are concerned, I would worry that they wouldn’t recognize foo.example to be a domain name, as opposed to www.example.com or blog.example.com.
      • digging 3y ago
        I forgot we were talking about SSH :) But in your example, you're comparing different structures. "www.foo.example" is somewhat more clear.
        • layer8 3y ago
          Well, it was you who didn’t want to use subdomains. And with subdomains, we can just stick with sub.example.com/net/org.