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What will this mean for Chrome users who use the address bar also as a search bar for their favorite search engine. If apple, for example, owns 'http://apple ht
by darxius 14y ago
What will this mean for Chrome users who use the address bar also as a search bar for their favorite search engine. If apple, for example, owns 'http://apple http://apple, what would happen when I type 'apple' in the search bar? What if I'm actually searching for pictures of apples? Scary stuff.
- petercooper 14y agoAre there any TLDs that are valid hostnames on their own? Also, will this become true for the new ones? I certainly hope not.
- darxius 14y agoI'm not sure if any will be valid on their own just yet, but I really wouldn't surprise me if it was the "next step" in TLD/hostname branding.
- kijin 14y agoI don't see why they won't be valid hostnames as long as they resolve to an IP address. "localhost" is a valid hostname, too. A lot of existing software, of course, will complain that it's not a valid FQDN.
- petercooper 14y agoDo you know of any that work that way though? I'm just intrigued if any exist. The only example I can think of where a generic suffix resolves separately on its own too is https://gov.uk https://gov.uk but that's still a second level domain. UPDATE: Aha, "to" has an A record. It doesn't respond to an HTTP request for me but it does exist at least. UPDATE2: OK, there are quite a lot: http://ydal.de/a-records-on-top-level-domains/ http://ydal.de/a-records-on-top-level-domains/ .. http://dk/ http://dk/ goes to the .dk registry.
- Navarr 14y agohttp://ac./ http://ac./
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