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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Is this a spoof
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:04:26 -0400
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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