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Jarno

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#81635 15-Apr-2011 22:48
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For some reason typing HTTPS in a Quick Reply made an automatic URL link to nowhere. Let's see if it does the same with HTTP

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Jarno

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  #459269 15-Apr-2011 22:48
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HTTP
HTTPS



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  #459281 15-Apr-2011 23:19
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perhaps the govt is performing one of their man-in-the-middle attacks




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  #459823 17-Apr-2011 18:45
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The regex (aka pattern matching) used to auto link urls put in the quick reply probably needs a tweak to handle edge cases like people typing https by itself.



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  #459834 17-Apr-2011 19:08
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This should be fixed now:

http
http://www.trademe.co.nz
https
https://www.bnz.co.nz
http://stuff.co.nz
www.nzherald.co.nz






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