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ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network(www.theregister.com)

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Metz@lemmy.world
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i thought that is what .local is for. guess i misunderstand something.

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scholar@lemmy.world
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It was (unofficially) but then bonjour and mdns started using it and it became less reliable

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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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so eventually we’re going to end up with .internaldomainonlyforinternalusenottobeexposedtotheinternetPLEASEcanwejusthaveONEproperlyinternalonlydomainhowdifficultcanthisbeyouguys

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scholar@lemmy.world
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That’s what might have happened had the ICANN not reserved .internal

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Metz@lemmy.world
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ah, makes sense. thanks for the info!

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Brewchin@lemmy.world
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Finally. I’ve been using <blah>.arpa ones for years.

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WhyFlip@lemmy.world
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.lan

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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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Nope

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