Re:The danger of the trailing dot in the domain name
by th0114nd on Saturday March 16, 2013 @06:26AM
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Why is this something that people do?
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Re:The danger of the trailing dot in the domain name
by jvdh on Saturday March 16, 2013 @09:18AM
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Because they can.
Curiosity is a very strong and very valid reason to do things. It can very often lead to new insights.
And of course it is also necessary from a security point of view to test these kinds of things to see if they lead to strange behaviour.
Re:The danger of the trailing dot in the domain name
by pax on Saturday March 16, 2013 @08:21AM
(#5385228)
Why, is this something that people do?
no, I read it as a solution to a problem that doesn't occur. It's way worse if somebody would type a comma or any other letter at the end of the domain name, as I just learned, the dot is the best character to mistake at the end of a domain