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301 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 10 Apr 25 14:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hardaker ◴[10 Apr 25 14:58 UTC] No.43644486[source]▶
You might check out .internal instead which was recently approved [1] for local use.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.internal

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GrumpyYoungMan ◴[10 Apr 25 15:24 UTC] No.43644836[source]▶
The *.home.arpa domain in RFC 8375 has been approved for local use since 2018, which is long enough ago that most hardware and software currently in use should be able to handle it.
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1. styfle ◴[10 Apr 25 16:37 UTC] No.43645624[source]▶
Why use that over *.localhost which has been available since 1999 (introduced in RFC 2606)
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2. bravetraveler ◴[10 Apr 25 16:40 UTC] No.43645669[source]▶
From RFC 2606:

  The ".localhost" TLD has traditionally been statically defined in
  host DNS implementations as having an A record pointing to the
  loop back IP address and is reserved for such use
The RFC 8375 suggestion (*.home.arpa) allows for more than a single host in the domain. If not in name/feeling, but the strictest readings [and adherence] too.