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@thehatfox@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago

ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network

www.theregister.com

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ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network

www.theregister.com

@thehatfox@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago
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Vint Cerf revealed Google already uses the string, as do plenty of others
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  • @Metz@lemmy.world
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    16•9 months ago

    i thought that is what .local is for. guess i misunderstand something.

    • @scholar@lemmy.world
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      34•9 months ago

      It was (unofficially) but then bonjour and mdns started using it and it became less reliable

      • @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        6•9 months ago

        so eventually we’re going to end up with .internaldomainonlyforinternalusenottobeexposedtotheinternetPLEASEcanwejusthaveONEproperlyinternalonlydomainhowdifficultcanthisbeyouguys

        • @scholar@lemmy.world
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          8•9 months ago

          That’s what might have happened had the ICANN not reserved .internal

      • @Metz@lemmy.world
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        6•9 months ago

        ah, makes sense. thanks for the info!

  • Brewchin
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    7•9 months ago

    Finally. I’ve been using <blah>.arpa ones for years.

  • @WhyFlip@lemmy.world
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    1•9 months ago

    .lan

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    1•9 months ago

    Nope

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