Christopher Smith wrote:
> John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> 
> > http://www.decenturl.com/132.239.180.101/tubgirl
> > 
> > What do you know about that one? Then click. Were you right?
> 
> I know that it points to an IP address rather than a named host, which
> means I've got zero reason to trust it. The first part of the
> "decenturl" is the host you're being redirected to, so my first question
> is "do I trust that host?", the second part is the title from the page,
> which also comes back to "do I trust that host?" although it is more
> about trusting the authors of content for said host. Either way, I don't
> trust that link.

You hould have clicked on it. Especially if you were familiar with the
``real'' tubgirl. You would have found that it was far different than
you were expecting.

It is also safe for work, and I hope non-offensive to everyone. Feel
free to follow the link.

There are ways to easily verify where a redirect goes, without venturing
to the target of the redirect, or to see who owns an IP address.

% lynx -dump -head http://www.decenturl.com/132.239.180.101/tubgirl | grep 
'^Location: '
% whois -h whois.arin.net 132.239.180.101 | grep '^OrgName: '

-john

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