1. A method, in a data processing system, for resolving a domain name, comprising: sending a request, from a resolver executing on the data processing system, to a global domain name server requesting a resolution of a domain name into an address; receiving a response to the request from the global domain name server, wherein the response includes a local address, wherein the local address has a scope that is local to a site associated with the resolver and is not global in scope; determining whether the local address corresponds to a domain associated with the resolver; and performing communications with a device corresponding to the domain name using the local address in response to a determination that the local address corresponds to a domain associated with the resolver.