"funny" URL redirections

[Taavi Burns]

On 5/26/05, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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.

But it's not, as this happens when using Firefox on Linux.  :(  It's
more likely that Microsoft has spammed the DNS servers somehow. 
(exactly how I haven't yet been able to figure out...)

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

It's not http.com, http.net, or http.org.  Typing those in manually
provides different websites, not Microsoft.

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