Yes. The trailing dot is typically to tell the stub resolver not to try qualifying with the local domain. Rules vary by stub resolver though. On iOS I’m getting

Yes. The trailing dot is typically to tell the stub resolver not to try qualifying with the local domain. Rules vary by stub resolver though. On iOS I’m getting “A server with the specified hostname could not be found. NSURLErrorDomain” regardless of browser. I’ll have to debug tomorrow when I’m not too lazy to get up off the couch from my phone. Both of your URLs work for me. A 404 on the first. I stay logged in to HN on the second. My guess is my trouble is with my local dnsmasq config.