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ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network (www.theregister.com)
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[-] Metz@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

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

[-] scholar@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Metz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

ah, makes sense. thanks for the info!

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago

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

[-] scholar@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Brewchin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Finally. I've been using .arpa ones for years.

[-] WhyFlip@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

.lan

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Nope

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