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The counter argument to this is that the RFC is exceedingly new, and directly from Apple. Microsoft has been using .local in example (and recommending them for
by jeffcox 12y ago
The counter argument to this is that the RFC is exceedingly new, and directly from Apple. Microsoft has been using .local in example (and recommending them for production) AD builds for a decade. I see what Apple is going for, and I don't mind the idea, but the practical results are frustrating and pointless.
- winthrowe 12y agoNo, Microsoft has not been recommending .local, as this document, circa Windows Server 2000, states: > Identify your organization's DNS owner and determine what registered DNS names you have available on the network that will host Active Directory. > If you do not have a registered domain name, you should register a name with an Internet DNS registration authority. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727085.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727085.aspx >
- noinsight 12y agoActually they've said different things about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local#Microsoft_recommendations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local#Microsoft_recommendation...
- jjoonathan 12y agoThe approved standard RFC is new but the proposal RFC and the practice of using .local for mDNS, like the convention of using .local for AD, goes back more than a decade. I agree that the whole thing is silly and pointless but it's not clear who "barged in" on whom.
- wvenable 12y ago.local doesn't work in Windows either as of Windows 8.