Re: IP address with no scheme

On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:10:55AM +0000, Chris Young wrote:
> Hi
>
> This has just been pointed out to me. When typing an IP address into
> NetSurf's URL bar with no scheme attached (eg. just 192.168.0.10),
> NetSurf appears to pass this directly to gui_launch_url() rather than
> handling it the same as if a dotted host name had been typed in.
> However, it's slightly worse than that, as even 192.com is not
> recognised.

While it's obviously not ideal behavior, it is worth noting that
"192.com" is not a legal domain name; elements in names must not start
with a digit, in order to be able to distinguish them easily from IP
addresses. 3com should also know better.

Sadly, domain registrars have let this go on for too long to take it
back now.

B.