Since the previous answers to this question were written, there have been a couple of RFCs that alter the guidance somewhat. RFC 6761 discusses special-use domain names without providing specific guidance for private networks. RFC 6762 still recommends not using unregistered TLDs, but also acknowledges that there are cases where it will be done anyway. Since the commonly used .local conflicts with Multicast DNS (the main topic of the RFC), Appendix G. Private DNS Namespaces recommends the following TLDs:
- intranet
- internal
- private
- corp
- home
- lan
IANA appears to recognize both RFCs but does not (currently) incorporate the names listed in Appendix G.
In other words: you shouldn’t do it. But when you decide to do it anyway, use one of the above names.
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