Comments on: Why ‘.local’ is a bad choice for an internal domain

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:27:04 +0000

I did install Ubuntu for aircrack (popular application to secure WEP networks) and I ended in failed and tiresome 12 hours of time wastage. I don’t know how other Distros are going to behave but I am going to try SUSE instead.

By: Zula

Zula — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:22:09 +0000

That might be very distracting because I jsut installed 9.04 and I was quite unfamiliar with this known issue.

By: Jeroen Leenarts

Jeroen Leenarts — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:31:29 +0000

Hey Martin,

I’d advise against using .local as a suffix for local DNS resolution.

It is true that .local is a “hijacked” DNS, but since it’s introduction with the ZEROCONF standard it has gained a pseudo status as a don’t touch address. ZeroConf was around before Active Directory was created by MS, so I’d call foul on MS for recommending the .local suffix in their AD examples.

Problem is, try altering that little option in an existing AD setup: Not a chance.