On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:08 AM Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > > 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?
And to muddy the waters a little more, IANA has some reserved domain names, too: <https://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names/special-use-domain-names.xhtml>. Also see <https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved>. Jeff
