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by th0114nd 4837 days ago
Why is this something that people do?
2 comments

Because they can.

Curiosity is a very strong and very valid reason to do things. It can very often lead to new insights.

And of course it is also necessary from a security point of view to test these kinds of things to see if they lead to strange behaviour.

Why, is this something that people do?

no, I read it as a solution to a problem that doesn't occur. It's way worse if somebody would type a comma or any other letter at the end of the domain name, as I just learned, the dot is the best character to mistake at the end of a domain