Example.zip is a valid domain

Posted by edent on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:18AM
from the twitter.com dept.

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Re:Example.zip is a valid domain by mcwidget on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:36AM (#9068157)

As @leighblue mentions in a reply tweet, what's the difference between example.zip and example.com? Both valid file names.extensions and urls.

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Re:Example.zip is a valid domain by edent on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:42AM (#9068173)

.com is rarely used now. My main complaint is that it's quite common for someone to type "Extract the file from filename.zip and then..." in a forum.

Now every website is likely to autolink that. Not only annoying, but a potential security issue.

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Re:Example.zip is a valid domain by cabirum on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:38AM (#9068163)

And you can set any Content-type header anyway.

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Re:Example.zip is a valid domain by cabirum on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:36AM (#9068156)

.zip is a relatively safe extension. Consider the implications of a TLD matching extension for an executable file format. The horrors!

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Re:Example.zip is a valid domain by ryanlol on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @11:37AM (#9069367)

.com?

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Re:Example.zip is a valid domain by jameshk on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @08:13AM (#9068292)

.app!

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