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Re: lynx-dev lynx: "guessing" foo.com ==> foo.com.org (???)


From: pg
Subject: Re: lynx-dev lynx: "guessing" foo.com ==> foo.com.org (???)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 16:15:14 -0600 (MDT)

In a recent note, Greg Marr said:

> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 17:06:34 -0400
> 
> So it will find www.com.org?  (That host really exists.)
> 
Yow!  Is there also a "www.com"?  What if someone is accustomed
to shortcutting to "com" and expecting the browser to guess
"www.com.org" and someone suddenly creates "www.com"?

I think guessing is a Bad Idea.

-- gil

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