If you prefix it with 'http:', then the browser can resolve the name. Sal
-- Sal Conigliaro, e design http://www.erinedesign.com @sconig On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 3:00 PM, <cocoa-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:33:21 +0200 > From: Diederik Meijer | Ten Horses <diede...@tenhorses.com> > To: Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> > Cc: "cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com Developers" <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> > Subject: Re: Resolve alternative TLD > Message-ID: <ca1308a5-9c7d-4214-a2a1-2206d9a8e...@tenhorses.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > This is what it looks like in the Sundial browser: > http://www.tenhorses.com/sundial.png > > So I guess I somehow need to handle DNS Lookup / IP resolving myself, is > there anybody here who has any idea how to proceed? > > Thanks! > > > > > > Op Jul 3, 2014, om 7:31 PM heeft Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> het volgende > geschreven: > > > Firefox doesn't resolve start.rental either. > > Neither does Chrome. > > > > On Jul 3, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Diederik Meijer | Ten Horses wrote: > > > >> Take start.rental as an example, has a live server on the dot rental > TLD, but no standard browser will resolve it, try it in Safari, you'll see.. > >> > >> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone > >> > >>> Op 3 jul. 2014 om 18:22 heeft Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> het > volgende geschreven: > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Jul 3, 2014, at 6:52 AM, Diederik Meijer | Ten Horses < > diede...@tenhorses.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> The issue being that the TLD (think for example: domain.law, with law > being the TLD) is accessible through a DNS server, but since the TLD is not > officially registered with ICANN, standard browsers do not resolve the > domain into an IP address. Using a standard UIWebView does not work. But, I > repeat, the server is up and running and the domain is accessible through > the network. > >>> > >>> Really? I’m not aware of anything built into browsers that restricts > them to a fixed set of “official” TLDs. As far as I know, the client simply > hands off _any_ hostname for DNS lookup, which will query the configured > DNS server(s). > >>> > >>> Are you 100% sure that the DNS is configured correctly? For example, > the name server (or some parent of it) needs to have a custom entry for > “.law”, otherwise it will end up querying upstream for it, and the upstream > (ISP) name servers won’t know about that TLD. > >>> > >>> Also, are you 100% sure that the iOS device is configured to access > the DNS server that knows about your custom domain? It’s probably getting > the name server IP addresses via DHCP. > >>> > >>> —Jens > >>> > >>> PS: This question really belongs on the macnetworkprog mailing list. > There are Apple networking gurus hanging out there who don’t monitor > cocoa-dev. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > >> > >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > >> > >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/zav%40mac.com > >> > >> This email sent to z...@mac.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
