What I did for mydomain.net I set up imydomain.net The i stands for internal On Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 12:53 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > General rule of thumb is not to spoof real domains, as you'll break anyone > using it elsewise, just about anything else is open game. I can make a tld > domain, .xyz (assuming this isn't a free-form tld now), and so long as > things point at that naturally (like an internal resolver), it will pretend > to be authoritative even if not. I've had customers run internal dns under > AD with something random as their domain, it works so long as everything > using the domain knows to point internally first. > > What I do is use my domain, butash.net, and create an internal subdomain > off it, internal.butash.net or like, and put all my home/lab stuff under > that as my internal dns knows to put a ns record for the subdomain to > itself, otherwise go out to public. No one is the wiser generally, and my > needs are met. Recommend the same. > > -mb > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 12:19 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> I looked into this topic a while back and it’s a bit of a quagmire. >> >> The general concensus I found was to use .local as your TLD as it has >> been reserved for that purpose. There are a few more, like .test, but .dev >> is a legitimate TLD run by Google. >> >> I’ve talked with several people who set up their own DNS server on their >> intranet to respond to their own TLD so you don’t need to use the hosts >> file on every machine. I think most companies with multiple layers of >> firewalls take that approach because it won’t resolve the URLs across the >> firewall — public DNS will always return an error on the lookups. >> >> -David Schwartz >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 23, 2022, at 9:26 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> As you know I am building a "home office" lab for PHP development and >> testing. I was not satisfied with the research I completed on >> "non-routeable" domains for a private network made up of "non-routeable" >> domains. >> >> In the distant past I used to use .dev for the TLD. From what I am >> reading this is not a good idea. >> >> According to https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8375.html >> >> one should use "home.arpa.". They add a period to the end which I assume >> is the DNS domain name stop character when used in zone files. Any >> thoughts? >> >> I will not be using DNS. My needs are so simple I will be adding the IP >> and domain name in my host file, at least for now. >> >> I've read a lot about this subject. Some say to use a registered domain >> with a subdomain that is on a private IP. I really do not want to commingle >> public and private assets on the same domain. >> >> Any feedback is much appreciated!! >> >> 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 >