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What is the maximum length of a domain name?
According to domain name specifications RFC 1035:
2.3.4. Size limits
names 255 octets or less
According to the SMTP RFC 5321:
4.5.3.1.2. Domain
The maximum total length of a domain name ...
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how to block http://tplinkwifi.net/ url
let's say we are on windows 7, and we want to block a specific URL from getting resolved. one would assume to throw it into HOSTS file and job is done, but for some reason this does not work, so the ...
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Can you go to a website by typing the IP address into the address bar?
As I'm learning about networks and DNS servers and what not... I'm curious, can you go to a website by typing the IP address into the address bar?
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Browser address bar often forgets the link after I press Enter and does nothing
I have this problem that is bothering me for quite some time and it happens on my desktop and laptops.
It happens quite often, at least one time to a few times per day.
I mainly use Chrome and Opera ...
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Chrome "Did you mean to go to" banner
Whenever I search for a single-word term in Google via the Chrome omnibox, Chrome presents a suggestion to instead visit that term as an http://-prefixed "URL":
Did you mean to go to http://...
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Connect GitHub Pages to custom domain at both http:// and https://
I've got a domain on GoDaddy at [domain].com that I'm trying to connect to my GitHub Pages at [domain].github.io.
The problem is that my site only shows up at https://[domain].com, not http://[domain]....
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What's the purpose of @ (at symbol) in URL before domain?
I've recently came across new phishing attack which is using @ symbol to make the URL look legit. It goes like this:
I have an account at totally-legit-site.com and the attacker sets up a phishing ...
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How to do redirection for a website in DNS
I have a requirement to configure redirection of a website
Both are a secure website
Old URL www.abc.com
New URL www.123.com
Whichever request comes in for new website --> www.123.com should be ...
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When we enter bit.ly on url box how bitly.com open
I have a question about how bitly.com to bit.ly work. My questions is not about shorting url from a long url to short one. Like the service Bitly provide.
Suppose I have website with the domain name ...
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What are Chrome's URL address bar suggestions based on?
I used a remote desktop device from a cloud provider that rent devices (like amazon EC2). I created the device from scratch.
When I try to use Chrome browser and start typing a website name, it auto ...
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Forward GoDaddy URL to Google Sites
I have a domain registered at GoDaddy, call it godaddyurl.com. I would like it to forward to a website I created through Google Sites, call it googlesites.com. I can't seem to do so. I would like the ...
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What happens to country specific TLD's in a war involving that country?
I'm trying to find out what could happen, and what is likely to happen - I'm based in the UK and own UK domains as well as foreign domains such as Russian and USA TLD's, eg: domain.co.uk, domain.ru, ...
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Error accessing a website when the URL does not contain 'www'
Why does the first link work, but the second one doesn't?
1. http://www.gifgifgifgifgif.com/gif/11740.gif
2. gifgifgifgifgif.com/gif/11740.gif
For the second link I get an error from my ISP:
http://...
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How do I approach my local web interface(s) from a URL
I have a Raspberry Pi with some applications running, that require me to access a web interface.
I was wondering how I could basically connect to those web interfaces from outside my home-network, ...
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Shortened URLs on Windows domain system
I have a worksystem which is part of a Windows domain. There are certain websites of my organisation that I can access from my system using shorthands URLs, but the same doesn't work from an external ...
