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Re: http://pn./

#43

Post by ignoramous »

eru wrote: post #28
js2 wrote: post #23

If it’s not working for you it’s probably due to the resolver you’re using or how your host’s stub resolver is configured. Some stub resolvers have rules about the number of dots in the name. I’m using dnsmasq on my router pointed at Google DNS and it’s not currently resolving for me on my iPhone. I’ll have to check where the failure is occurring. Edit: if I turn off WiFi on my iPhone, I can load the site just fine o…

A trailing dot is entirely within the spec, isn't it? For some fun: http://gs.com./ gives an error. https://news.ycombinator.com./ works, but has me logged out (probably the cookie doesn't match?).

Appending "." to domain names helps bypass naive DNS based censorship, too.

Re: http://pn./

#45

Post by verandaguy »

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #11

Works in Netscape Edit: https://ibb.co/1Th7mTX Edit: And IE: https://ibb.co/HK9pzbm Edit: Camino, one of my favorite browsers: https://ibb.co/8x3STrj (I work on retro websites and test in these all day long.)

I don't know if I'm more surprised by this quirk of DNS (as in, domains of the form ) working, or more impressed that someone's still got a readily-available Netscape install to test it out.

Re: http://pn./

#47

Post by notatoad »

Raziarazzi wrote: post #41

Please describe the domain to us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pn

further context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32801359, and see also the other two-letter domains on the front page of HN today. i'm not really sure if this is what you were asking, but it at least explains what's going on to somebody from the future who finds their way back to this comment section.

Re: http://pn./

#48

Post by saghm »

anon25783 wrote: post #25
resonious wrote: post #13

Does not work on my Arch Linux Firefox 104.0.1 We can’t connect to the server at pn.. Did you mean to go to www.pn.?

Works on my Arch Linux Firefox 104.0.2

For a fun third Firefox (104.0.2) on Arch Linux behavior, it seems to resolve for me but warns me it can load it with TLS. I imagine that if I bypassed this it would work fine though.

Re: http://pn./

#49

Post by ytch »

eru wrote: post #28
js2 wrote: post #23

If it’s not working for you it’s probably due to the resolver you’re using or how your host’s stub resolver is configured. Some stub resolvers have rules about the number of dots in the name. I’m using dnsmasq on my router pointed at Google DNS and it’s not currently resolving for me on my iPhone. I’ll have to check where the failure is occurring. Edit: if I turn off WiFi on my iPhone, I can load the site just fine o…

A trailing dot is entirely within the spec, isn't it? For some fun: http://gs.com./ gives an error. https://news.ycombinator.com./ works, but has me logged out (probably the cookie doesn't match?).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23479435

In 2020, someone find if you add "." in host suffix of Youtube url: http://www.youtube.com./ it will works without AD (IIRC, because AD resource file is viewed as different domain and blocked)

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