Advice on Internal Domain Names

[Brian Miller]

Mark Taylor wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I want some advice on how to name my internal domains.  We have a registered
> Domain Name (foo.co.uk for this example), and I need to break it down for my
> internal branches.
> 
> The plan is to do a follows:
> 
> Internet
>       |
> foo.co.uk
>       |
> Firewall
>       |
> intranet.foo.co.uk
>       |
> branch1.intranet.foo.co.uk ... branch50.intranet.foo.co.uk
> 
> This will put all our internet servers on "visible" foo.co.uk.  Everything
> on our intranet will be "non-visible" intranet.foo.co.uk.
> 
> Is this the recommend approach to naming internal domains ?
> 
> Thanks in advance (sorry about the length of the post)
> 
> Mark Taylor

Hi,

We have basically the same problem/challenge where I work. To
get around this we use 'in' instead of 'intranet'.  It's a little
shorter for users to type and can stand for:

	INternal
	INtranet
	INside

take your pick.  :-)

It also makes it easier for the proxy configuration in the various
web browsers. (Be they manually set up, os use a proxy.pac setup.)

Brian
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