On 12/14/19 4:40 AM, Curt wrote:
On 2019-12-14, Jape Person <jap...@comcast.net> wrote:
I could be quite wrong, but I thought that "local" was actually suggested as a
domain name at one
time by the installer. (And I could be remembering a different distro, though
I've been using Debian
for a long time -- at least 10 years, I think.) I suppose I just continued to
use it over the years
out of habit.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762
3. Multicast DNS Names
...
To remedy this problem [of home computer users generally lacking easy access
to name creation in the global DNS namespace*], this document allows any
computer user to elect to give their computers link-local Multicast DNS host
names of the form: "single-dns-label.local".
...
This document specifies that the DNS top-level domain ".local." is a
special domain with special semantics, namely that any fully
qualified name ending in ".local." is link-local, and names within
this domain are meaningful only on the link where they originate.
Has RFC 6762 been superseded? Or have I gotten this wrong?
Hi, Curt.
I'm doing some homework. I can see the error of my ways and am planning to change the network
accordingly.
Still stumped about why .local disappeared from the names, but am obviously not
married to it.
Thanks,
JP
