This is a response I got from my ISP. I think it's relevant. "According to the RFC 6762 (chapter 22, IANA considerations) the top level domain .local should be handled as being Special-Use Domain Names, which the RFC 6761 states "the caching DNS servers SHOULD generate immediate (positive or negative) responses for all queries".
Basicly, one should not query any .local. names. But as many users do this, ISPs like us must protect root name servers from these bogus queries. We recommend not using the avahi-daemon since it is causing problems." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/327362 Title: Some ISPs have .local domain which disables avahi-daemon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/327362/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
