[PATCH] uri.7: Use "example.com" as example domain

[PATCH] uri.7: Use "example.com" as example domain

[Jakub Wilk]

The owner of the "xyz.com" domain might not be happy that their domain
is used is examples. RFC 2606 reserves (among others) "example.com" for
this purpose, so let's use it.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk-tXgOlIzOKNReoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
---
 man7/uri.7 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man7/uri.7 b/man7/uri.7
index d1f20e5..4d3fc6a 100644
--- a/man7/uri.7
+++ b/man7/uri.7
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ The
 is the name of the host computer, either its name as determined by DNS
 or an IP address (numbers separated by periods).
 Thus the URI
-<http://fred:fredpassword-+zpghU0kKgY@public.gmane.org:8080/>
-logs into a web server on host xyz.com
+<http://fred:fredpassword-hcDgGtZH8xNBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org:8080/>
+logs into a web server on host example.com
 as fred (using fredpassword) using port 8080.
 Avoid including a password in a URI if possible because of the many
 security risks of having a password written down.
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2.9.3

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Re: [PATCH] uri.7: Use "example.com" as example domain

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 10/08/2016 04:20 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> The owner of the "xyz.com" domain might not be happy that their domain
> is used is examples. RFC 2606 reserves (among others) "example.com" for
> this purpose, so let's use it.

Thanks, Jakub. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Jakub Wilk <jwilk-tXgOlIzOKNReoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man7/uri.7 | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/uri.7 b/man7/uri.7
> index d1f20e5..4d3fc6a 100644
> --- a/man7/uri.7
> +++ b/man7/uri.7
> @@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ The
>  is the name of the host computer, either its name as determined by DNS
>  or an IP address (numbers separated by periods).
>  Thus the URI
> -<http://fred:fredpassword-+zpghU0kKgY@public.gmane.org:8080/>
> -logs into a web server on host xyz.com
> +<http://fred:fredpassword-hcDgGtZH8xNBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org:8080/>
> +logs into a web server on host example.com
>  as fred (using fredpassword) using port 8080.
>  Avoid including a password in a URI if possible because of the many
>  security risks of having a password written down.
> 


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