Re: [whatwg/url] Canonicalised IPv4 concept allows for obfuscating real dest IP in URL (#456) from Valentin Gosu on 2019-10-22 (public-webapps-github@w3.org from October 2019)

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:27:53 -0700
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> yes, but this means static URLs can obfuscate the actual destination. It only becomes clear when the request is made, which may not be visible to the user.

A link that says [http://example.com](http://example.org) may take you to example.org instead. In the same way if you hover over or click this link [http://10.0.514](http://10.0.514) you'll see final canonicalized IP. So there is no confusion.


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