How the heck is http://to./ a valid domain name?
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Published on 2009-12-03T18:09:48Z
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Apparently it's a URL shortener. It resolves just fine in Chrome and Firefox. How is this a valid top-level domain?
Update: for the people saying it's browser shenanigans, why is it that: http://com./
does not take me to: http://www.com/
?
And, do browsers ever send you a response from some place other than what's actually up in the address bar? Aside from framesets and things like that, I thought browsers tried really hard to send you content only from the site in the address bar, to help guard against phishing.
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