@techreport{wkumari-dnsop-internal-00, number = {draft-wkumari-dnsop-internal-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wkumari-dnsop-internal/00/}, author = {Warren "Ace" Kumari}, title = {{The .internal TLD.}}, pagetotal = 10, year = 2017, month = jul, day = 3, abstract = {It has become clear that many users would like to use the DNS resolution system for names which do not have meaning in the global context but do have meaning in a context internal to their network. This document reserves the string ".internal" for this purpose. {[} Ed note: Text inside square brackets ({[}{]}) is additional background information, answers to frequently asked questions, general musings, etc. They will be removed before publication. RFC Editor: Please remove these before publication. {]} {[} This document is being collaborated on in Github at: https://github.com/wkumari/draft-wkumari-dnsop-internal. The most recent version of the document, open issues, etc should all be available here. The authors (gratefully) accept pull requests {]} {[} Ed note: This document is intended to drive discussion. It is clear that there has been a desire for an "RFC 1918-style" TLD for a long time; in its absence, people have just started using whatever seemed convenient. This document requests that the allocation of .internal for this use. There is no existing process for this - some of the purpose of this document is to explore the process implications. {]}}, }