"ICANN Proposes .INTERNAL Domain for Private Home Networks"
ICANN has proposed creating a new top-level domain, .INTERNAL, intended for internal use only, to address the uncoordinated and potentially harmful use of ad hoc TLDs for private purposes. After a consultation process, .INTERNAL was chosen over .PRIVATE as the preferred TLD. While ICANN's board still needs to approve the creation of .INTERNAL, some organizations already use ad hoc TLDs for internal purposes, and ICANN advises understanding the potential costs of using private namespaces.