User wanting to use a .local domain to host DNS

Novosielski, Ryan novosirj at umdnj.edu
Wed Nov 14 15:16:13 UTC 2012


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On 11/14/2012 10:09 AM, Tony Finch wrote:
> King, Harold Clyde (Hal) <hck at utk.edu> 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?
> 
> Microsoft have recommended its use for sites that don't have a
> properly registered domain name.
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296250
> 
> Tony.

I do this at home with bind on Linux, except I use .localdomain
instead of .local. It doesn't seem to treat it any differently than
anything else, and since this is just one DNS server servicing a NAT'd
network, nothing strange really CAN happen.

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