The mysterious dot

[TheManBeyond]

so i try to load the page adding a dot after .com
like this:

intpforum.com.

[BIMG]http://i.imgur.com/iZIDYE8.png[/BIMG]

notice how there are some elements missing on the layout

mysterious

 

[Nymus Anon]

Interesting...
Is the extra period supposed to do anything?

 

[Artsu Tharaz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSRm80WzZk

 

[J-man]

Spooky.

I get something similar when I click on a www. link to this site: I can't stay logged in long enough to even post.

 

[TheManBeyond]

if you type . after http://www.intpforum.com/index.php
website says hi to u

index.php.

 

[Reluctantly]

Interesting...
Is the extra period supposed to do anything?

I think it's supposed to reference the current directory. So www.intpforum.com. would function the same as www.intpforum.com, however any html code on the home page that references other directories based off its url would have the wrong syntax for the filepath.
edit: ^ actually that's not right. ./ is current directory. I think the dot is like adding a dot to the end of an ip address?

www.intpforum.com/index.php. I think is just an error page. You can put any url after www.intpforum.com and it always shows "Hi".

 

[JR_IsP]

LOL It is a error page the "hi" one (I laughed when I first saw it)
Now... intpforum.com. No idea.

 

[420MuNkEy]

My guess is that the server is configured to disallow hotlinking and the period makes the host and referrer appear as if the image isn't being hosted on the site. Or it could just be a bug with the LightSpeed server.

The reason I suspect it's a hotlinking thing is the response is 403 (forbidden), rather than a 404 (not found) or something else.

 

[Rook]

Ahhhhh!

Ahhhh!

Aaaaaah!

Friends. Romans, the sky falls upon our heads!!

 

[Artsu Tharaz]

if you type . after http://www.intpforum.com/index.php
website says hi to u

index.php.

LOL!

I remember Auburn linked me to that page a few years back and it freaked me out x]