alt Hacker News>It akin to an application for a .local TLD.
it is not, as .local is designated as a special-use domain name and .lan is not.
>It akin to an application for a .local TLD.
it is not, as .local is designated as a special-use domain name and .lan is not.
While you're not wrong, I suspect that .lan sees more real world usage than .local
It may not be an official standard, but it does have some weight as a de-facto standard.
I've tried briefly to try and find some numbers to back that up, but can't find much beyond apple's bonjour vs consumer routers - although I've seen companies with AD domains using .lan as well. (Although, I've also seen companies using 1.0.0.0/8 for their internal addressing...)