On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Thomas Narten wrote:
...
Also, for TLDs like .local, one could also to some extent just say
"buyer beware". Anyone wanting a TLD that is known to not be useable
in practice (for some deployed software) would get what they
deserve. :-) The folk wanting TLDs presumably want TLDs that can
actually be used...
Oh, a TLD of .local has a potential use...of convincing filtering software
on node A that evil.local is a normal, valid hostname, while node B behind
it treats evil.local as being in the magic-for-it .local TLD. Differing
interpretations result in fragility.
Philip Guenther
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