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internet_security:domain_name_verification [2013/04/01 14:50]
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internet_security:domain_name_verification [2013/04/01 14:54] (current)
tstetson [Figuring out ANY domain]
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 <code>http://www.caltel.com.rx3trodup.ru/accountaccess/customerlockout.html <code>http://www.caltel.com.rx3trodup.ru/accountaccess/customerlockout.html
                                   ^ This is the slash we're looking for.</code>                                   ^ This is the slash we're looking for.</code>
-Now we go back 2 segments.  The first segment is ru.  The second segment is rx3trodup.  Therefore the domain is rx3trodup.ru.  It doesn't matter that you see %%www.caltel.com%% in this URL - this link will not direct you to caltel.com but instead to the %%www.caltel.com%% sub-domain of rx3trodup.ru.  Armed with this information you can prevent yourself from getting scammed.+Now we go back 2 segments.  The first segment is ru.  The second segment is rx3trodup.  Therefore the domain is rx3trodup.ru.  It doesn't matter that you see %%www.caltel.com%% in this URL - this link will not direct you to caltel.com but instead to rx3trodup.ru.  The %%www.caltel.com%% is only in the URL to make you believe you would be going to %%www.caltel.com%%.  Armed with this information you can prevent yourself from getting scammed.
  
 Another example Another example
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                    ^ This is the slash we're looking for.</code>                    ^ This is the slash we're looking for.</code>
 The domain for this site is abaloney.net, and this site has nothing to do with CalTel as well. The domain for this site is abaloney.net, and this site has nothing to do with CalTel as well.
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 +Final example:
 +<code>http://trending.caltel.lolreport.myhamms.org/
 +                                            ^ This is the slash we're looking for.</code>
 +Going back 2 segments gives us the domain name of %%myhamms.org%% - definitely not a website that belongs to %%caltel.com%%.
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