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		Invictus0 on Aug 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I recorded user behaviour on my competitor’s w... > Domain names being little endian has been one of the most expensive web sec mistakes in history. Can you clarify what you mean by this?

SquareWheel on Aug 23, 2018 [–]

Presumably that authority works from right-to-left. .com, then domain, then subdomain. It would be easier to gauge trust if it were left-to-right.

Invictus0 on Aug 23, 2018 | [–]

Ah I see, thank you.

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