![]() ![]() ![]() Seems like a really useful feature, although I am a bit concerned about the security issues. but if someone else learns something that's cool :) Sorry for all those that already know this. You can try ' - with the trailing period - and you will see that that works too) (So, believe it or not, your resolver will try ' first when you visit this site. In the hint example, it means that the resolver will only try '.com', and not '.' first. For example, if your domain is '', and you enter ' into Safari, the resolver will try to try to find the IP address to talk to. This is basically the reason why using a 'short name' on your own network will succeed (ignoring Bonjour/mDNS in this example, that's different), as the resolver will append your domain onto the short name and try that. If you don't use a period, the resolver will try all of the domains associated with your current network connection first, before asking the wider internet (you can find these domains in /etc/nf on your Mac - this file is updated automatically each time you connect to a network, usually by DHCP). What it does is tell the DNS resolver software on your computer that you do not want to search the DNS domain you're in for the hostname you've provided (more correctly, you're giving an explicit DNS name). Just a note that the usage of a trailing period (.) is not required, but it can indeed speed up connection times if you're behind a very slow connection or have an unreliable DNS source. ![]()
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