Hi Chuck, Michael and all,
> From: Michael Collins <MRC.OlympusList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On 7/23/09 6:05 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > ...any reference to anything as a valid prefix for "www".
>
> In fact "www" is just a convention to indicate a Web server hostname rather
> than some other type of server; it's in no way a requirement or part of a
> formal specification.
That's right, there's no need to have "www" in the URL -- my own domain (
cjss.sytes.net) doesn't even have it!
Now, talking about spoofs... I think it's never a bad idea to remind how to
detect some classic spoofs: the important thing is to check the END of the
domain name, that is, the .com / .net / .org / .co.uk [or whatever] part --
what we IT people call "top level domain". It MUST be followed by a
'forward' slash IMMEDIATELY*
OTOH, if we see (imaginary example) something like:
https://www.paypal.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [...]
(Note the '@' inside) it MAY look like a legit URL, but in no way! It will
go to a server named "cgi-bin.webscr.ru" -- the "www.paypal.com" part will
be ignored, treated just as an "username". That's a real scam!
*) The only exception to this rule is that we may find the "port" between
the domain name and the slash -- that's a colon followed by a number, most
likely 80 or 8080, like this:
https://www.paypal.com:8080/cgi-bin [...]
Cheers,
--
Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas
IES Turaniana (Roquetas de Mar, Almeria)
<http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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