TLDs for TLC
Thanks to “Jon”, who pointed out that the Top Level Domain (TLD) example.org is reserved for those times when you need a bogus domain for testing or documentation. Go ahead, click it!
Even better, under RFC 2606 four TLDs are reserved for your testing and documentation pleasure. To quote the RFC:
| TLD | Purpose |
| .test | testing of current or new DNS related code |
| .example | documentation or examples |
| .invalid | online construction of domain names that are sure to be invalid and which it is obvious at a glance are invalid |
| .localhost | loop back |