[discuss] DNS resolution (was: discuss Digest, Vol 3, Issue 67)

Thu Feb 20 19:14:23 UTC 2014

On February 20, 2014 at 07:37 sm+1net at elandsys.com (S Moonesamy) wrote:
 > The 1net.org web site is currently not reachable over IPv6.  However, 
 > http://212.71.248.65/ works fine.  DNS resolution is not needed.  I 
 > gather that most people on this mailing list will be able to click on 
 > that link to access the web site.

David is correct.

Many hosts work this way, many, many do not.

Try the same experiment with www.complaint.com (69.38.144.108).

It's even more complicated than that (e.g., references embedded within
the page.)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name-based_Virtual_Host

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