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To: itojun@iijlab.net
Cc: Akira Kato <kato@wide.ad.jp>, dnsop@cafax.se
From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:37:44 +0100
In-Reply-To: <20030311041440.CB6284BF4@coconut.itojun.org>
Sender: owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject: Re: "local" zones

At 1:14 PM +0900 2003/03/11, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:

>>While .local TLD has yet defined officially, there are substantial
>>queries to the Root DNS Servers as of writing. About 1/4 to 1/2% of the
>>traffic sent to the Root DNS Servers are related to the .local zone.
>>Therefore, while it is not formally defined, it is suggested that IANA
>>delegates .local TLD to an organization.
>
>  	i guess it's "about 1/4 to 1/2", not 0.5%.

	Considering that .local is used with Rendezvous, multicast DNS, 
etc..., this would probably be a good idea.  Or maybe a bad idea, if 
it causes things to break.  Dunno.  This needs more work.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
     -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.

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