Strange internet problem

kevin89 · 2008-01-29 14:08:28

Helloes!

Maybe a silly question, but I'm stumpered about this.

I can't reach websites that start with a - (minus sign). I've tried all browsers. Whats up with this?

Cheers

bionnaki · 2008-01-29 14:42:39

example?

gejr · 2008-01-29 14:51:17

I can't from the top of my head think of any website that starts with a - sign.

like:
http://-imdb.com ?

I can't reach that site either?:)

kevin89 · 2008-01-29 15:00:36

Well, it's a hyve page. Sortof myspace.com. Users can specify a username, suchas -kevin. The address will be http://-kevin.hyves.nl .
I won't post the address, since it's of a person and I think that it's not nice to post that profile here... But it's in the format http://-name.hyves.nl

Cheers

noalwin · 2008-01-29 15:15:39

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/121467
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1034

It seems that domain names must not start with a hyphen "-", so it's not a bug.

Sjoden · 2008-01-29 18:12:09

Try going there without the leading "-"?

schivmeister · 2008-01-29 18:54:51

bad web practice

kevin89 · 2008-01-30 00:07:33

@noalwin: I can go there on Windows with any browser, so something must be wrong here, so afaik it's a bug?

@Sjoden: going there without the leading - won't work, it'll be a totally different address then.

Thanks for the replies!

Last edited by kevin89 (2008-01-30 00:07:45)

pyther · 2008-01-30 00:52:59

is it possible this? ~

bionnaki · 2008-01-30 01:04:18

kevin89 wrote:

Well, it's a hyve page. Sortof myspace.com. Users can specify a username, suchas -kevin. The address will be http://-kevin.hyves.nl .
I won't post the address, since it's of a person and I think that it's not nice to post that profile here... But it's in the format http://-name.hyves.nl

Cheers

you should post a real address so we can test it out. otherwise, we really cant help you.

rson451 · 2008-01-30 01:05:14

this is not a bug. url's that start with a - go against standards. this has been discussed here before.

kevin89 · 2008-01-30 11:33:04

@bionnaki: I've looked up one: http://---lisa.hyves.nl/ This one works under Windows, but doesn't here.
@rson451: How come it'll work in the same browser, but only on a different OS?

pyther · 2008-01-30 12:00:24

Probably because of the way the OS handles stuff at the TCP/IP protocol levels as this not a standard!
If you really need this social website you might want to try to setup virtualbox and run windows inside of it.

schivmeister · 2008-01-30 17:07:31

Have you tried IE6 (Wine)?

funkyou · 2008-01-30 17:42:53

kevin89 wrote:

@bionnaki: I've looked up one: http://---lisa.hyves.nl/ This one works under Windows, but doesn't here.

Works fine without the minus signs: http://lisa.hyves.nl/

tesjo · 2008-01-30 18:31:30

Yes it is a standards issue, windows resolves the address even though it is not complying. For a work around go to www.network-tools.com and enter ---lisa.hyves.nl this will get you the ip address you can enter in the browser.

@funkyou the are different sites

Last edited by tesjo (2008-01-30 18:36:06)

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