Re: server stopped resolving dns for domain

Quoting Trent W. Buck (trentbuck@gmail.com):

Knee-jerk reaction: .local is reserved for mDNS/DNS-SD crap, and GUI systems can get confused if you use it. Recommend .lan instead.

Locally, I like to use invalid. for local-only DNS domains. All IETF-reserved TLDs: 'example.', 'invalid.', 'localhost.', and 'test.'. Those are guaranteed to _never_ crop up in any even vaguely standards-compliant software. I try to stay in the habit of putting the root dot at the end of FQDNs. That way, they're always valid and correct for use in arbitrary software including dig and host. Example: http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2013-March/007510.html