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requested URL is invalid, the behavior gives the appearance that the requested URL is valid, since the browser receives
a login page. Moreover, the browser might cache a mapping of the invalid URL to the WSS IP address.
If the user enters an IP address, most browsers attempt to contact the IP address directly without using DNS. Some
browsers even interpret numeric strings as IP addresses (in decimal notation) if a valid address could be formed by
adding dots (dotted decimal notation). For example, 208194225132 would be interpreted as a valid IP address, when
converted to 208.194.225.132.