On 2024-01-12, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk <debian-u...@howorth.org.uk> wrote: > Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: >> On 2024-01-11, Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > There was a thread that "home" as the top level domain might not be >> > really safe (somebody might register it). A reserved domain is >> > "home.arpa" so e.g. to have "thinkpad", the /etc/hosts entry should >> > be >> > >> > 127.0.1.1 thinkpad.home.arpa thinkpad >> > >> >> The .arpa domain is the “Address and Routing Parameter Area” domain >> and is designated to be used exclusively for Internet-infrastructure >> purposes. >> >> https://www.iana.org/domains/arpa > > Indeed, and a little way down that page it says: > > home.arpa For non-unique use in residential home networks > RFC 8375
I missed that. Yet the reserved gTLDs from the 2018 ICANN resolution are .home, .corp, and .mail. Does home.arpa comply with that resolution? >:P > > --
