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My Own DNS Server at Home – Part 1: IPv4

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220 points speckx | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 19:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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n4bz0r ◴[05 Sep 25 23:28 UTC] No.45144931[source]▶
> I really should use the official .internal TLD (Top Level Domain) for my homelab network, but I decided against it. This introduces the risk of name resolution problems, should someone offer a public .jhw TLD in future. It’s a risk I am willing to accept in exchange for using a 3 letter TLD at home. Don’t be like me! Use .internal instead. With that out of the way, let’s continue.

Why not .lan? The key word is official?

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1. JdeBP ◴[05 Sep 25 23:51 UTC] No.45145079[source]▶
The key concept is learning from the mistakes of others, instead of repeating them. The past several decades provide numerous examples of people picking "internal" top-level domain names that they were 100% positive no-one else would ever use … until someone else did, sometimes as a result of the exact same thinking.

* https://jdebp.uk/FGA/dns-use-domain-names-that-you-own.html

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45144631

You can find the case of dev. in particular discussed in umpteen places here on Hacker News over the years.