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Private Internet domain for application use November 2024 internal 29 July 2024 Reserved top-level domain Reserved Private use The name internal is reserved by ICANN as a domain name for private application use that may not be installed as a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/dot_internal_ratified/ ICANN reserves .internal for private use at the DNS level Sharwood Simon 8 August 2024 The Register 9 August 2024 The domain has yet to be standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), though an Internet-Draft describing the TLD has been submitted.A Top-level Domain for Private Use Davies Kim McConachie Anew Kumari Warren 2026-05-06 IETF Network Working Group draft-davies-internal-tld-06 History In 2013, 6762 no yesAppendix G mentioned the use of unregistered TLDs for private internal networks, and while recommending against them, included .internal among other unregistered TLDs that had been in common use on private networks. Later, in 2017, an Internet-Draft draft-wkumari-dnsop-internal-00 proposed reserving the use of .internal for "names which do not have meaning in the global context but do have meaning in a context internal to their network", and for which the 6761 no yes reserved names are semantically inappropriate. The draft expired on January 3, 2018.The .internal TLD. draft-wkumari-dnsop-internal Warren "Ace" Kumari July 3, 2017 IETF On January 24, 2024, ICANN opened submissions for public comment on a proposed top-level domain reserved for "private-use and internal network applications".https://www.techspot.com/news/101685-icann-reserve-internal-top-level-domain-private-networks.html ICANN to reserve the ".internal" top-level domain for private networks Maruccia Alfonso 29 January 2024 TechSpot 9 August 2024https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-top-level-domain-string-for-private-use-24-01-2024 Proposed Top-Level Domain String for Private Use ICANN 9 August 2024 Amazon and Google both submitted comments in favor of the TLD. ICANN stated that the adoption of a domain explicitly reserved for internal network usage would help minimize usage of uncoordinated and ad hoc TLDs, such as .corp, .home, .lan, and .private. On July 29, 2024, ICANN formally accepted and reserved .internal for private-use applications.https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/materials/approved-resolutions-special-meeting-of-the-icann-board-29-07-2024-en#section2.a Approved Resolutions Special Meeting of the ICANN Board 29 July 2024 31 July 2024 ICANN 9 August 2024 An Internet-Draft, draft-davies-internal-tld-00, was made on August 2 describing the reservation of .internal. It identified the risk of choosing unassigned TLDs that could be "later introduced into the global DNS, resulting in name collisions and unpredictable behavior." See also .example .local .localhost .test .home.arpa, a special-use domain name for non-unique use on residential networks8375 4 References Category:Top-level domains Category:Internet properties established in 2024