> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremie [mailto:jerat_private] > Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 5:25 PM > To: BUGTRAQat_private; Paul Leach > Subject: Re: More Internet Explorer zone confusion (new issue) > > > > > > > That's correct. > > I believe that the rule for Intranet zone is simple -- if > the name has no > > "." and is less than 15 characters long, then it's Intranet > zone. This > > algorithm works with the default configuration of Windows. > If you configure > > your machine so that the above assumption is violated, then > you'll get a > > mis-classification. > > I believe the assumptions above are flawed, there is another > issue on this > topic which I haven't seen mentioned yet, the TLDs. The assumptions may indeed be flawed, but I don't understand how your observations below demonstrate that. > > I haven't researched this fully, but one day I was distracted > when working > on one of the servers and accidentally typed another command without > finishing the first: > prompt> ping ls > > I was quite surprised(astonished) to see replies! Apparently there's > nothing stopping a TLD server from assigning an IP address > *TO THE TLD*, > so LEO Internet Services, > http://ls/ <, assigned their IP > to Lesotho's. > > I haven't tested any of the other TLDs yet, but I can > envision a future > where TLD registration is open and McDonalds creates the TLD > "mcdonalds" > and uses that as their primary site. > > I don't have IE handy, so I haven't tested how it handles > this situation. > > Jeremie > jerat_private >
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