Problems with resolving a local tld

[Phil Mayers]

Our experience has been they break, unexpectedly and in hard to troubleshoot ways.

FQDN for the win!

Vernon Schryver <vjs at rhyolite.com> wrote:

>
>With "search" lists in /etc/resolv.conf (and the Windows equivalent)
>or checking /etc/hosts (and the Windows equivalent) before DNS (while
>ignoring the DNS ubber alles crowds),
>what is the problem with short local names?
>
>I often use short names inside my network.
>

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