On 11/04/2016 02:40 PM, Michael B Allen wrote:
I don't think this was a MS thing. I recall .local being used a
loooong time ago. It used to be that .local was absolutely the
recommended method for small private networks. From googling around it
seems there is a lot of nonsense about using .local versus using a
subdomain. The only decent reason I can think of for not using .local
is if you want to get SSL certs for intranet hosts in which case using
.local would not be appropriate and it seems recently CAs will no
longer issue certs for made-up TLDs. Otherwise, it looks like Apple
just highjacked .local for mDNS.
That's a pretty strong statement. That's like saying IETF highjacked
port 22 for ssh because I always used that port to run my own
application. .local was never a registered TLD, so there was just some
common usage of it. And yes, MS did apparently recommend it at one
time. But until this email thread, I didn't know of anyone still using it.
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