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WebApp Sec: Re: extra dot on domain name gives different site

Re: extra dot on domain name gives different site

From: Robin Wood <dninja_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:07:33 +0000

On 26/01/2008, Robert Hajime Lanning <robert.lanning_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> If you are using virtual hosting for the website, then it is an issue with
> the virtual host name matching.
>
> So, with apache:
> servername www.site.com
> serveralias site.com site.com. www.site.com.
>

As it was small business server I assume that it was IIS, I don't know
what the DNS was, I ended up on the site by accident, a double mistype
of the url and the extra dot on the end so the site isn't mine and I
can't test it or talk to the real owner.

I didn't realise that an extra dot on the end was a valid domainname
until this. It is definitely an extra check I'll be making on my
audits from now on.

Robin

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