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did not know that. wonder what purpose it serves. "The .ws domain is an abbreviation for "Western Samoa", the nation's official name when two-letter country cod
by dc2k08 18y ago
did not know that. wonder what purpose it serves. "The .ws domain is an abbreviation for "Western Samoa", the nation's official name when two-letter country codes were standardized in the 1970s" -wik.
- rms 18y agoI believe a forum member purchased and redirected it as "a gift to the Hacker News community" and was immediately flamed for the inherent security issues.
- immad 18y agoWhy isn't it actually redirecting though? Seems to be pointing, which is kinda strange. I don't even know how that is done.
- gduffy 18y agoIt's a CNAME, and I guess the hacker news web server doesn't care what the HTTP host header says. www.hackerne.ws. 3565 IN CNAME news.ycombinator.com. news.ycombinator.com. 4235 IN A 67.15.104.17
- parenthesis 18y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=84039 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=84039