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Life & fun · June 14, 2012

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The problem with .apple [remove the dot]

Scenario: on my network I have an innocently named box called apple. It runs a web server. I can currently access it with http://apple/ and all is dandy. Apple now owns .apple (or probably will soon). Apple can now add an A record to the top level domain .apple. http://apple/ where should I go? Local domains should process first so I get to my dev box. What if I want to go to apple.com [now redirects to the oh-so-easy-to-remember apple] I can't. Case and point: http://pn/ (does not work for all, my work proxy doesn't allow it but my phone does)

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