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RE: example.com/net/org DNS records

  • From: Jeroen Massar
  • Date: Sun Jan 04 21:37:40 2004

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Leo Bicknell wrote:

> In a message written on Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 05:51:40PM 
> -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
> > pedantic point:
> > 
> > no, they are not 'owned' by anybody.  they are *reserved*, and
> > should not be used by anybody.
> 
> To be really pedantic, from http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2606.html:
> 
> ] 2. TLDs for Testing, & Documentation Examples
> ] 
> ]    There is a need for top level domain (TLD) names that can be used for
> ]    creating names which, without fear of conflicts with current or
> ]    future actual TLD names in the global DNS, can be used for private
> ]    testing of existing DNS related code, examples in documentation, DNS
> ]    related experimentation, invalid DNS names, or other similar uses.
> 
> I don't think I'm going out on a limb to suggest that names like
> example.com should be used by _everybody_ in documentation examples,
> least they pick something that might actually be used in the future.
> 
> To wit, the point is not that they "should not be used by anyone",
> as you suggest, but rather, like RFC 1918 space, should be used by
> everyone for documentation, example configurations, and the like to
> insure they never conflict with a real service.
> 
> The idea that if someone tries to use them they are presented with
> an intelligent error message that seeks to educate them is pleasing.

On topic of the 'example' internet thingies, use: 2001:db8::/32
for IPv6 documentation. If you make an example anywhere or like to
tell how something works, use the above space. There is a draft in
the queue but it is not there yet and the whois entry isn't there
either. "but I need do show peering between TLA's and need 2x /32"
then show it using /35's... does that matter that much in docs? :)

FYI: http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/ipv6-documentation-prefix-faq.html

Greets,
 Jeroen

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