There is some dot com domain someone has registed and pointed to 127.0.0.1. Something like myserver.com.
I saw this in an answer on a stackoverflow question - but the name of the domain has totally escaped me. Can anyone remember that domain name??
That's not a .com domain. :P
Aaronaught
2010-02-08 04:07:11
That's not a .com domain.
Si
2010-02-08 04:07:54
Haha....snap! :)
Si
2010-02-08 04:08:25
That's not a .com domain. But +1 anyway. :)!
lance
2010-02-08 04:24:56
A:
127.0.0.1 is a local address that points to your computer.
Generally, you use localhost to access this address. I'm not sure if it is by default in your hosts file, but if it isn't, it is generally configured to point to your computer by applications that run servers locally.
My guess is that no one really owns the TLD, and that is simply put there for a placeholder.
Chacha102
2010-02-08 04:07:03
+2
A:
if you are using windows, put
anything.com 127.0.0.1
in %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
S.Mark
2010-02-08 04:11:07
+2
A:
I found this one. somesite.com
Edit: This site has since changed ownership and is no longer useful. Stupid ad pages.
Brandon Bodnár
2010-02-08 04:13:05
This might have been the SO question:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/958504/redirect-localhost-through-proxy
Si
2010-02-08 04:14:58
I remember seeing it a while ago on SO, but I don't think that was the one I saw.
Brandon Bodnár
2010-02-08 04:16:09
I think this is the one I first saw it http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1562954/public-wildcard-domain-name-to-resolve-to-127-0-0-1
Brandon Bodnár
2010-02-08 04:17:50
Who owns the mail server for somesite.com? (Oops, this question belongs on serverfault.)
Windows programmer
2010-02-08 04:18:21
A:
When I was a "child", spending my time on IRC, I used to give people asking for a computer to crack a domain of this kind. I don't know the reason for this, but clearly the DNS has been configured to return 127.0.0.1 as the address for that domain.
Stefano Borini
2010-02-08 04:28:35
+3
A:
I run one at loop.iambroken.com.
There are a few other services at that website, too.
Sidnicious
2010-05-08 16:22:29