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phs318u • yesterday at 8:15 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

ICANN have locked the name .internal for private network use. Not sure why .lan is needed.

https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/mater...


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gavinsyancey • yesterday at 9:07 PM

.lan is shorter, and has been widely used for many years (since before .internal or .home.arpa were "standardized")