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This reminds me of the recent iOS 6 wifi connection problem, where a web page on the Apple site was broken or removed accidentally, causing wifi to be disabled. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09/wifi-connectivity-under...

Now, it's the reverse situation. If iTunes and the App Store expect bogusapple.com to not resolve, what happens when it does? Why did Apple not own this domain?

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I was very concerned that this could occur when I picked up the domain and started allowed traffic to it to succeed, but I haven't seen the massive social network outcry about problems... So I've put that concern to rest :).

As said elsewhere, I think the theory that they likely intended 'bogus.apple.com' is the best guess. Either way it was just a consideration that some developer and/or their code reviewer(s) overlooked.

It happens.

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