On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl> wrote: > > It would be interesting to consider if we could normalize the dot away > during URL parsing. This would make "http://example.com./" always load > "http://example.com/" and we'd basically not expose a way to get to > the former. Is that a realistic option? > My worry is that we'd be unable to support internal names on intranets. For instance, consider an internal shortlinking service named ` go.internal.megacorp.com`, which is accessible by typing `go`. If we automagically assume that `go` is `go.`, then we'd break the resolution, right? I think we'd have to limit the behavior to public suffixes, which seems strange to bring into URL parsing. -mike -- Mike West <mkwst@google.com> Google+: https://mkw.st/+, Twitter: @mikewest, Cell: +49 162 10 255 91 Google Germany GmbH, Dienerstrasse 12, 80331 München, Germany Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Geschäftsführer: Graham Law, Christine Elizabeth Flores (Sorry; I'm legally required to add this exciting detail to emails. Bleh.)
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