I use "int" as a subdomain to my real one. snyderfamily.co is my primary domain, that runs email, and then " int.snyderfamily.co" resolves my internal names like " plex.int.snyderfamily.co" Let me know if you need any help! Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S22+ On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 23:28 Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Oh, one more thing I wanted to mention, using an "unused" TLD, like `.lan` > or as Steve suggested `.cxm`, you'll get some odd behaviors. For instance, > if you type in "mydomain.com", browsers assume it's a URL since it's a > valid domain name, at least syntactically. If you however type in > "mydomain.lan", at least some browsers, like Firefox, won't see ".lan" as a > valid TLD which means it doesn't see "mydomain.lan" as a valid domain, and > therefore it will do a search instead. You can get around this by putting > the appropriate http:// or https:// before the domain to force it to > treat it as a domain, but it's kind of annoying. > > I get around this by bookmarking everything I run at home so I don't have > to use the domains directly, but it's still a bit annoying. Thus, using a > subdomain off a real domain that you own would be better in this regard. > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, at 9:43 AM, Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > .local is generally reserved for Avahi/Bonjour. The simplest case is say > your computer name is "mypc", then on another machine on the same network, > you can access that pc via "mypc.local", assuming you have public services > running on it. > > If you're just wanting a domain to use within your local network, I would > refrain from using .local so that it doesn't conflict with this. I > personally use ".lan" for stuff local to my network, but that's also not > best practice. > > Ideally, you'd own a real domain, for instance "mydomain.com", then use > something like "*.lan.mydomain.com" for local network stuff. You can > still use a local bind so nothing is public but you can guarantee that you > won't conflict with anything else that way. > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, at 8:07 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > > > Hi, > > For some reason .local popped into my head this morning. From what I > read it appears I may be able to create an Intranet that has a private > domain name such as MyBusiness.local, on a private IP, and I am thinking > I can run BIND and make a zone file for this Intranet. In this case, if > I am in he local net I can bring it up with MyBusiness.local?? If so > then I should be able to add subdomains to the local BIND/zone... So > will this private network work like the public Internet? > > This makes me believe I can create a mail server on this private net for > the users of this private net. Not that I want to, however it is > interesting. > > I read that MAC is doing something with the .local domain so it was > recommended to use: > > .test > .example > .invalid > .localhost > > Would it be possible to create a private network using one of these > private TLDs and can I use BIND to control this? > > How will my browser know to go to my private domain if I use one of > these private domains - I seem to recall needing to put this in the > hosts file on Linux and Windows so it would resolve. Would BIND > override this? > > Thanks!! > Keith > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >