Re: More Internet Explorer zone confusion (new issue)

[paulle () MICROSOFT COM (Paul Leach)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremie [mailto:jer () jeremie com]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 5:25 PM
> To: BUGTRAQ () netspace org; Paul Leach
> Subject: Re: More Internet Explorer zone confusion (new issue)
>
>
>
> > That's correct.
> > I believe that the rule for Intranet zone is simple -- if
> the name has no
> > "." and is less than 15 characters long, then it's Intranet
> zone. This
> > algorithm works with the default configuration of Windows.
> If you configure
> > your machine so that the above assumption is violated, then
> you'll get a
> > mis-classification.
>
> I believe the assumptions above are flawed, there is another
> issue on this
> topic which I haven't seen mentioned yet, the TLDs.

The assumptions may indeed be flawed, but I don't understand how your
observations below demonstrate that.

> I haven't researched this fully, but one day I was distracted
> when working
> on one of the servers and accidentally typed another command without
> finishing the first:
> prompt> ping ls
>
> I was quite surprised(astonished) to see replies!  Apparently there's
> nothing stopping a TLD server from assigning an IP address
> *TO THE TLD*,
> so LEO Internet Services, > http://ls/ <, assigned their IP
> to Lesotho's.
>
> I haven't tested any of the other TLDs yet, but I can
> envision a future
> where TLD registration is open and McDonalds creates the TLD
> "mcdonalds"
> and uses that as their primary site.
>
> I don't have IE handy, so I haven't tested how it handles
> this situation.
>
> Jeremie
> jer () jeremie com