Special-use domain name
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Short description: Set of reserved Internet domain names
A special-use domain name is a domain name that is defined and reserved in the hierarchy of the Domain Name System of the Internet for special purposes. The designation of a reserved special-use domain is authorized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and executed, maintained, and published by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).REFERENCE FOR RFC6761 IS NOT DEFINED YET. You are invited to add it here.
Reserved domain names
The following list comprises the domain names list by IANA in the category of special-use domain names.[1]
| Domain | Purpose | Authority document |
|---|---|---|
| .alt | Preventing name collisions with DNS | Template:Sum RFC |
| 6tisch.arpa | IETF 6TiSCH working group | Template:Sum RFC |
| 10.in-addr.arpa | Reverse mapping for (Template:Sum RFC) IPv4 private internets | Template:Sum RFC |
| 16.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 17.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 18.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 19.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 20.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 21.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 22.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 23.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 24.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 25.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 26.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 27.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 28.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 29.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 30.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 31.172.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 168.192.in-addr.arpa | ||
| 170.0.0.192.in-addr.arpa | NAT64 prefix discoveryREFERENCE FOR RFC7050 IS NOT DEFINED YET. You are invited to add it here. | Template:Sum RFC |
| 171.0.0.192.in-addr.arpa | ||
| ipv4only.arpa | ||
| 254.169.in-addr.arpa | Reverse zone for the (Template:Sum RFC) IPv4 link-local address space | Template:Sum RFC |
| 8.e.f.ip6.arpa | Reverse zones for the (Template:Sum RFC) IPv6 link-local address space | |
| 9.e.f.ip6.arpa | ||
| a.e.f.ip6.arpa | ||
| b.e.f.ip6.arpa | ||
| .home.arpa | Non-unique use in residential networks | Template:Sum RFC |
| .example | Documentation, tutorials | Template:Sum RFC |
| example.com | ||
| example.net | ||
| example.org | ||
| .invalid | Expected to always be invalidREFERENCE FOR RFC2606 IS NOT DEFINED YET. You are invited to add it here. | Template:Sum RFC |
| .local | Used in multicast DNS (mDNS) | Template:Sum RFC: §3 |
| .localhost | Refers to the loopback addresses (:: and 127.0.0.1) | Template:Sum RFC |
| .onion | Anonymous onion service | Template:Sum RFC |
| .test | Network testing | Template:Sum RFC |
See also
- .internal, reserved by ICANN
- Reserved top-level domains
References
- ↑ "Special-Use Domain Names". Internet Assigned Number Authority. https://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names/special-use-domain-names.xml.
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