{"id":91,"date":"2023-10-20T04:42:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T04:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corp.ad\/?p=91"},"modified":"2025-03-01T06:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T06:04:48","slug":"corp-ad-domain-name-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corpad.org\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"What is Domain Name Collision?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This issue is officially referred to as a &#8216;Name Collision&#8217; problem by ICANN, the organization responsible for managing the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand what is the name collision problem, imagine planning a party named &#8220;The Grand Celebration&#8221; to invite friends to your home. However, a government event organizer has already planned a public event with the same name at the city park. When your friends receive your invitation title &#8216;Please come to the grand celebration&#8217;, they might assume it&#8217;s for the public event and expect to meet you at the city hall.<br>To prevent that you stay at your home party alone, you should explicitly let your friends know that the party will be held at your home, not the city hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This situation illustrates a name collision, where two or more organizations use the same name in the connected network, causing confusion and directing devices to the wrong destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"461\" data-id=\"233\" src=\"http:\/\/35.212.132.239\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DomainNameCollision.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corpad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DomainNameCollision.png 664w, https:\/\/www.corpad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DomainNameCollision-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IANA, the global administrator of Internet domains, authorizes who can use a domain name as a public unique identifier on the Internet. When a device connect to Internet-connected network, it will look up IANA&#8217;s public directory (Root Name Server) to decide which destination to go for a domain name, not a private network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone can use any domain name at private network without IANA&#8217;s approval. However, to prevent that device within the private network try to visit the IANA&#8217;s destination, the device should be explicitly configured to visit the private network only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site you are currently visiting is a site with public domain name, registered to  IANA and Andorra NIC (the administrator of the \u2018.AD\u2019 domain).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve reached this page after encountering a 404 Not Found error on this site, it&#8217;s likely that your network is using the same &#8216;Corp.AD&#8217; domain name as an private Microsoft Active Directory domain name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To visit a page at your internal network, just ensure that the subdomain (e.g., myhome.corp.ad) is entered correctly and that your device is properly connected to your organization\u2019s network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This issue is officially referred to as a &#8216;Name Collision&#8217; problem by ICANN, the organization responsible for managing the Internet. To understand what is the name collision problem, imagine planning a party named &#8220;The Grand Celebration&#8221; to invite friends to your home. 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