On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 04:33:44PM +0000, Philipp Kern wrote: > On 2009-12-31, Osamu Aoki <os...@debian.org> wrote: > > I know, according to rfc2606, "invalid" seems to be a choice for > > the top level domain (TLD) to construct domain names that are sure to be > > invalid from the Internet. But result is the same as choosing "local". > > (This was a choice which I used to use.) > > Using .local in own environments sadly clashes with the (I think now > installed by default) mDNS namespace for locally-resolvable hostnames. > But it somehow makes sense for a laptop; it would even resolve. ;-)
Yes, that is what I was getting at too. It is also a problem for Mac OS X boxes, at least without fiddling. This can be a problem even if you don't intend to use zeroconf/mdns on your network. Typically what happens is DNS queries time out without resolving and packet traces show that there are no requests happening. I don't know of any good choice for a TLD that is guaranteed not to be used on the Internet, although currently I am using .pri (short for .private) here. Even .local is only mentioned in a experimental RFC that had expired (at least last I checked which was a while ago now). In case any is confused of the relationship between mdns and zeroconf: Package: libnss-mdns Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 152 Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team <pkg-utopia-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Architecture: amd64 Source: nss-mdns Version: 0.10-3ubuntu3 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), base-files (>= 3.1.10), perl, avahi-daemon (>= 0.6.16-1) Suggests: avahi-autoipd | zeroconf Filename: pool/main/n/nss-mdns/libnss-mdns_0.10-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 25830 MD5sum: 622ed99ad2e7bc6b7f7ad95eb51e12fe SHA1: a3bc1ead6d63e48d60f6c529778dfc9d9df00637 SHA256: 3206f5a6ceecc3838781b758a50443df7b54146677d94d790658cc9de1a60c56 Description: NSS module for Multicast DNS name resolution nss-mdns is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc) providing host name resolution via Multicast DNS (using Zeroconf, aka Apple Bonjour / Apple Rendezvous ), effectively allowing name resolution by common Unix/Linux programs in the ad-hoc mDNS domain .local. Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Origin: Ubuntu Task: ubuntu-desktop, eucalyptus-node, eucalyptus-simple-cluster, print-server, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-netbook, edubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, mobile-mid, ubuntu-netbook-remix -- Brian May <b...@snoopy.debian.net> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
