On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 3:12 PM Laurence Perkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Rich Freeman <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11:41 AM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] TLD for home LAN? > >> > >>On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 12:28 PM Laurence Perkins <[email protected]> > >>wrote: > >>> > >>> The standard does not prohibit the names being resolvable via unicast DNS > >>> as well, though it does recommend that you make sure the two resolution > >>> paths return consistent results since most systems will take the first > >>> response they get. > >> > >>If a host queries DNS first, and obtains an NXDOMAIN from an authoritative > >>name server, I'm not sure most would even check mDNS. I think I had that > >>issue back when I was using .local before I heard of zeroconfig. > >> > > Right. If you have .local names registered with your DNS, but not resolvable > via mDNS...
No, I'm talking about the opposite situation. I'm talking about you have foo.local resolvable via mDNS, but not DNS - then there is a chance you won't be able to access the host. Basically having an authoritative nameserver for .local may disable mDNS on your network for some devices. -- Rich
