Your home's internet connection could soon be called .internal
ICANN has proposed a change that would designate .internal as a top-level domain reserved for private use, potentially allowing you to avoid typing 192.168.x.x to access your router.
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ICANN has proposed a change that would designate .internal as a top-level domain reserved for private use, potentially allowing you to avoid typing 192.168.x.x to access your router.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has proposed creating a new top-level domain (TLD) and never allowing it to be delegated in…
New .internal TLDs could be on the way under new ICANN plans
For years, we've used the obscure 192.168.x.x IP address to identify your local network. ICANN, which oversees the Internet, has proposed a new .INTERNAL domain to make it clearer.
In September 2020, ICANN initiated discussions about a new TLD string reserved for private use. Four years later, the proposal has reached its final stage, with ICANN...