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Re: [OM] [OT] Is this a spoof

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Is this a spoof
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:04:51 -0400
Maybe because I use Firefox and Netscape for years before that.

Chuck Norcutt

Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Yes, the port option often happens. For example, if I go to Safari and  
> open my most recent PAW, this is what the URL works out to:
> http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/paws/?page_id=271
> 
> Note the 80.
> 
> If I do the same in Firefox, I get this:
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=271
> 
> So no port 80. The link works fine either way.
> 
> Nathan
> 
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> 
> On Jul 26, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Carlos.  I've never seen the port option.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Carlos J. Santisteban wrote:
>>> 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,
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