"funny" URL redirections

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 10:59:04AM -0400, F. Duran wrote:
> Actually http://http alone would go to Microsoft. 
> 
> I wonder what RFC allows these type of redirections
> (try http://ftp or http://ibm )

Might be windows DNS resolution "feature" they put in somewhere.

Many browsers do try adding .com and .net and .org to any work you type
in the address, so ibm I can understand.

Len Sorensen
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