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Use this information wisely (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

This fact is actively used for phishing, as you can craft domains looking nearly identical to the original one, but leading to your IP address hosting the phishing mask.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    One of my favorites was using Japanese full stop (U+3002) in place of periods in a bare IP or anywhere you would use a period in a FQDN (fully qualified domain name). Only tested in Chrome at the time, but the browser would "correct" it for you and take you to the intended page.

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