On Monday, 05-08-2024 at 00:19 Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 11:54:07PM +1000, George at Clug wrote:
> > On Sunday, 04-08-2024 at 22:59 Andy Smith wrote:
> > > So I want to emphasise again that while standards are useful so
> > > we're all on the same page, in this particular case it's not a big
> > > deal, likely nothing terribly bad is going to happen to you even if
> > > you do squat on some already-allocated TLD let alone a possible
> > > future one. We should just accept what the standard is and consider
> > > it next time we set things up.
> >
> > Sorry, but I feel confused about what the 'current' standard is,
> > and how long it might be a standard.
>
> Standards don't tend to be abolished unless there's a good reason.
> There wasn't a standard before home.arpa. Since 2013 it's been "use
> your own globally unique registered domain, or else use home.arpa".
> But in this case even if you don't do that, or don't want to do
> that, *it doesn't really matter*!
>
> Are you sure you aren't dramatically "feeling confused" about this
> simple thing as an excuse to have a big complain?
Na, I just get confused too easily, when I feel things are not clear. But
thanks to everyone posting, and reading on the links people have provided, and
a few searches, I now believe home.arpa is good for now, and expect .internal
will also be good for the future. Until things change once more.
Actually, I do thank everyone for their posts, I am learning a lot. I almost
decided to give up on this email thread, but now I am pleased to stay for
awhile.
On the topic of firewalls, over the years I have had many speak with distain
about blocking outgoing ports, and only a few who support the concept as a
security measure. I am very curious if there are any valid arguments for not
implementing the blocking of NEW connections for outgoing ports as we do for
incoming ports. So far the only valid argument I have heard is that is more
trouble than it is worth, but from my experience, it is not much trouble at
all, so even if the benefit is low, why not? But when to do it is very
situational, e.g. certain servers, and for when I am connection my computer to
a potentially risky network.
Thank you, Andy,
George.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
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