Closed Bug 264008 Opened 20 years ago Closed 19 years ago

when dot is appended at the domain name end, wrong (random?) domain is being displayed

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: firefox, Assigned: bugs)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3

Compare:
http://www.car-hire-car-rental-car-hire.com./ (with dot at the end)
http://www.car-hire-car-rental-car-hire.com/ (not dot, correct domain)

If dot is appended at the end of domain, wrong (random?) domain is being displayed.

In this case, if you use URL with dot, New Longton All Saints School is
displayed, otherwise the correct car rentals website.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter URL: http://www.car-hire-car-rental-car-hire.com./
2. Incorrect website is being shown

Actual Results:  
Incorrect website is being shown

Expected Results:  
http://www.car-hire-car-rental-car-hire.com
should be shown

Strip the dot at the end
Have there been many discussions on how lenient the URL resolver is, or do we
use the old GIGO way of thinking?
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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