From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 09:02:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A04AE37B404 for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 09:02:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ntli.com (pc1-glfd2-4-cust59.glfd.cable.ntl.com [81.99.187.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E55C143FBF for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 09:02:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from william@palfreman.com) Received: from aqua.lan.palfreman.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ntli.com (8.12.3p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h41GCRkE001445; Thu, 1 May 2003 17:12:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from william@palfreman.com) Received: from localhost (william@localhost)h41GCRWM001442; Thu, 1 May 2003 17:12:27 +0100 (BST) X-Authentication-Warning: aqua.lan.palfreman.com: william owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 17:12:20 +0100 (BST) From: William Palfreman To: Bill Moran In-Reply-To: <3EAFCA1B.40500@potentialtech.com> Message-ID: <20030501170545.R309@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030429225039.00a000e0@localhost> <3EAFCA1B.40500@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: inbox Subject: Re: Esoteric network setup question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 16:02:52 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Bill Moran wrote: > inbox wrote: > > I have a hopefully not silly question; > > > > When I'm setting up my network, does it matter if I give the domain a > > TLD or not? Say I call my home network "myzoo". I don't ever plan on > > registering "myzoo.org" as a domain, and I don't ever plan on connecting > > to my home network from the outside (TOS of my ISP forbids servers > > anyways). Should I call it "myzoo.org" or just "myzoo" in the network > > configuration dialog or does it matter? Do any programs expect a TLD > > for the local domain? The only reason I ask is every example in every > > book I've seen has a TLD in the domain name, usually .com. > > I don't know of anything that would cause you to _need_ the TLD in the > domain name. You can probably get away without it. Hell, I've run > machines with _no_ hostname with success (although apps seem to be getting > fussier about that and it doesn't seem to work any more). I have found that fetchmail and sendmail reject mail in the form , where tld is a top level domain resolvable using the correctly configured LAN (primary master) nameserver, with a correct MX record. Personally I consider this a bug, but I haven't got round to identifying exactly where it occurs. Since then I've switched to using the form host.lan.domain.tld, largely because I'm planning to setup legitimate IPv6 DNS for them. Anyway, I don't use the form hostname.tld or username@tld anymore because of these issues. - -- W. Palfreman. I'm looking for a job. Read my CV at: Tel: 0771 355 0354 www.palfreman.com/william/cv-wfp2.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+sUdqlEOQDkvPqLYRArDQAJ9MhopAF++3Q+vNCzaBU00iL2dB8gCfZfpQ Bu2IJ1zrXWHncxqg8yHNdGA= =Y5uJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----