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		frou_dh on April 13, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After 19 years, http:// prefix is getting ditched ... No way. There's nothing special about www. Subdomains could well resolve to different IP addresses.

c00ki3s on April 14, 2010 | [–]

Is this really true? Because I have wondered quite a few times. Is www.foo.bar just a subdomain like irc.foo.bar or mail.foo.bar? Is the default www.somesite.com basically just convention?

yetanotherlogin on April 14, 2010 | | [–]

Yes.

jluxenberg on April 13, 2010 | [–]

Sarcasm much?

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