.local [Re: Summary of the LLMNR Last Call]

[Brian E Carpenter <brc at zurich.ibm.com>]

Bernard Aboba wrote:
...
> Even fixing the issue in another IETF specification could prove sticky, 
> because it can be argued that the IANA has authority over the allocation of 
> new TLDs such as ".local" not the IETF, 

Not so. Under exception (a) of clause 4.3 of RFC 2860, the IETF can require
IANA to reserve such a pseudo-TLD. If anybody thinks we should do so, feel free
to write a short draft.

The advantage of doing so would be that operational recommendations for
special handling of this pseudo-TLD by resolvers could then be made.

    Brian


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