From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF8CF1396D9 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:11:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9FCB1E0EFE; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:11:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yb0-x22c.google.com (mail-yb0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c09::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3911EE0EDD for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 02:11:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yb0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id t127so10014541ybf.9 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:11:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=NSCCyK6jAA6xdVs3HbcBWFS6uPcg8bsCK3wi/Ibj1qw=; b=RD1LXQG9zLRCsfgvzztz5MI/v510XFvVbkT5FAqQfhWvXt4Xmvabb8ujMzt5obbJqz FEypZxc1r4RmNoWS4RcRJAKhfedQHlOBzH/0hEucpbe2nnFcLDrJN4X5ixDXc/skgBsb bla7Xnl9mhGaxMzOShkiVHOVTaheliL99dK3ld9ei/rExt/gm2VNBC/kr95Zb/RP7eEP B9Plawz5bIGX6zR6pvV+aznC6MNcODnrV1Xk2hEB1TkVjKjL12O+Y4ojGavh7qtsuSBo k3Zr5vUHHJF1z2czRA76J8BSBwzfYSa8k/zm2wTV6MbTcBeBElzTC/cA3sU3oraSoHOo P3Iw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=NSCCyK6jAA6xdVs3HbcBWFS6uPcg8bsCK3wi/Ibj1qw=; b=XExEyKnh6/IiHXk2lu6hj1LppvYIPZIYKzehUVLAX/XrBvMJzb4IxEdnXuQeIc17HL 7JOlnYsZXlSM8AQSUE6EKzy4FY+fdSy9lCYvmZTcQQuDet24BPqr02EeKy74Q1A9ddoL b93iWm6+9DC6HKnZN7jQvMi05Suaspsog2GOcJopBV8YjLWpU0QL8Ggjm21tlMg/GQUl jI7V5xNC4UWmf6Sgl3mc+WIQshcdHQCamjggyFtbn0N2ICRFjBe8/BB6rCKU7Zj0W9+1 uXqnJwoxVOhep8HMXjvm5UL7KmgPkMdJxBh8FRScQIt1Iqic4pbsA4pTeXG7yJZFsINE BZpg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mJXcgEzLGsj/B3uMwYD8IEBY9yHAnfm+pqGDRcGNHyXNbbn56CK 6TpU6M3//5Lg2YjNRrC6PLbWw5pav5EzPoA/GhU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBosG+kKLQQRwCqVFw8TkqshcAYWZYHPJ40uQUT37v+e2WSPcOukM0Vg3DGzGibzjsCgvrIQcNYtGPFEmr+gAmUk= X-Received: by 10.13.241.69 with SMTP id a66mr11834114ywf.427.1513563077616; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:11:17 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.13.224.71 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:11:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2410697.Nf28CZmUYN@peak> References: <2410697.Nf28CZmUYN@peak> From: R0b0t1 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 20:11:16 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Choice of TLD for internal network To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 8933acdc-e11a-40c7-a27c-f7ecb7a37fdd X-Archives-Hash: 1b72466ca651777cb956ec96d0094171 On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 8:05 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I've been running Linux systems since 1994, calling my private LAN mynet > (bowdlerised). Now I come to install neth server on one machine, it insists > that I tell it a domain name with at least two dots in it. But I don't have > a standard TLD. > > What do you all call your local LANs? Following Google hints, it looks as > though I may have to change all .mynet references to .mynet.internal. Is > this really necessary, and is it a good idea? > > I can't possibly be the first to stumble over this one, surely. > What is the exact message? Search the codebase for it, and if it is some hardcoded check I would submit a bug report. I would call them "name" similar to you. I know of no special reason to call them anything else. Cheers, R0b0t1