name resolution

[Joel Rees]

2017/11/24 16:11 "Nils Kassube" <kassube at gmx.net>:
>
> Xen wrote:
> > So by all extents and purposes, you should put mDNS AFTER DNS, unless
> > of course
> >
> > YOU WANT TO EXTINGUISH THE USE OF THE LOCAL DOMAIN BY FORCIBLE
> > MEASURES.
> >
> > Which they are doing.
> >
> > Not practical necessity.
> >
> > Politics.
>
> As I understand it, you are not supposed to use any private domain
> names. Otherwise ICANN would have reserved a specific domain name for
> private use, just like there are private IP adresses. So if you use an
> unregistered domain name you are on your own and have to live with the
> consequences if it gets assigned for something else. If you want to
> avoid that the domain name of your LAN is in use or gets "stolen" by
> someone else, you should register a domain.

You know, this is something that has always bugged me about the Internet.
We preach decentralization, but we do the opposite. The foundation was laid
pretty well, but when large corporation X, Y, or Z does something against
it, we go belly up to the bar.

Inside your own network, ".local", ".apple", and ".redneck" should be up to
you.
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