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Comment by cubefox

21 hours ago

That URL redirects to https://quietlushsilvermorning.neverssl.com/online/

An https URL. I assume this is some sort of joke.

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jeroenhd  21 hours ago

That's normal and intentional: https://twitter.com/NeverSSL/status/1456310362551164928

  • cubefox  19 hours ago

    But that doesn't explain why they do it.

    • jeroenhd  18 hours ago

      From my HN link:

      > 1. Why does neverssl.com use Javascript to redirect to a random subdomain?

      > Over the last year users reported that some networks aggressively cache the fake DNS and pages they use for wifi capture. Neverssl.com now works around this generating a request to a random subdomain - this will bust any DNS cache, and any HTTP cache. It also means that if your browser or ISP caches the Neverssl.com page itself, that's fine.

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