So I noticed this on Jeff's twitter. They don't have a tld, it seems?
How've they done this? Magic, bribery, or did a no-tld tld open up recently?
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8Same question just popped up over on ServerFault with multiple answers. :) http://serverfault.com/questions/90737/how-the-heck-is-http-to-a-valid-domain-name – JMD Dec 03 '09 at 18:25
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@JMD: Here I was thinking I was going mad from lack of coffee... I thought I'd just seen this question. – AnonJr Dec 03 '09 at 18:58
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`http://.to`, `http://to` and `http://to.` no longer work in 2013 as they apparently did in 2009. – isomorphismes Aug 26 '13 at 18:13
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I believe that the way it works is simply who ever owns the TLD .to, simply set up an A record for the TLD itself and are providing this service.
For example, google.com and google.com. are actually the same address.
You can also access this site via http://to
Some domains use this technique to redirect you to where you can purchase domains from, this place seems to offer a free service.
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1better explanation? I do this all the time... I set up dns records for http://work which is a map, and then there is extras such as server.work server2.work etc.... – William Hilsum Dec 03 '09 at 18:39
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It doesn't redirect here - http://www.tonic.to/ ... I think that this is actually whoever owns the .to domain names set this up based on the fact that to.com (in your example) is a different website – William Hilsum Dec 03 '09 at 18:46
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Just to ensure people don't miss JMD's comment:
Many more answers at Server Fault's How the heck is http://to./ a valid domain name?
