User wanting to use a .local domain to host DNS
Kevin Darcy
kcd at chrysler.com
Wed Nov 14 15:15:47 UTC 2012
The .local TLD is "reserved" for link-local names, in the context of
multicast DNS ("mDNS"), however, I don't think mDNS has progressed
beyond the Internet Draft stage of the IETF Standards Track process. See
http://www.multicastdns.org for latest updates.
It would be imprudent to use .local for anything other mDNS, due to the
possibility that mDNS might get on the Standards Track some day. Tell
the user that there are billions of other "private" TLDs from which to
choose.
- Kevin
On 11/14/2012 10:02 AM, King, Harold Clyde (Hal) wrote:
> I'm a bit confused by a user request. I think he is trying to keep
> some hosts on the private side of DNS, but he wants to use a DNS name
> like host.sub.local. I do not know of the use of the .local TLD except
> in bonjure. Can anyone shed some light on the use of the .local TLD?
>
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