diff --git a/httpcore/_async/connection.py b/httpcore/_async/connection.py
index b42581df..6e4db2a3 100644
--- a/httpcore/_async/connection.py
+++ b/httpcore/_async/connection.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ async def _connect(self, request: Request) -> AsyncNetworkStream:
             try:
                 if self._uds is None:
                     kwargs = {
-                        "host": self._origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                        "host": self._origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                         "port": self._origin.port,
                         "local_address": self._local_address,
                         "timeout": timeout,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ async def _connect(self, request: Request) -> AsyncNetworkStream:
                     kwargs = {
                         "ssl_context": ssl_context,
                         "server_hostname": sni_hostname
-                        or self._origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                        or self._origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                         "timeout": timeout,
                     }
                     async with Trace("start_tls", logger, request, kwargs) as trace:
diff --git a/httpcore/_async/http_proxy.py b/httpcore/_async/http_proxy.py
index cc9d9206..6e2c2e9e 100644
--- a/httpcore/_async/http_proxy.py
+++ b/httpcore/_async/http_proxy.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ async def handle_async_request(self, request: Request) -> Response:
 
                 kwargs = {
                     "ssl_context": ssl_context,
-                    "server_hostname": self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                    "server_hostname": self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                     "timeout": timeout,
                 }
                 async with Trace("start_tls", logger, request, kwargs) as trace:
diff --git a/httpcore/_async/socks_proxy.py b/httpcore/_async/socks_proxy.py
index b363f55a..8a6eca1e 100644
--- a/httpcore/_async/socks_proxy.py
+++ b/httpcore/_async/socks_proxy.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ async def handle_async_request(self, request: Request) -> Response:
                 try:
                     # Connect to the proxy
                     kwargs = {
-                        "host": self._proxy_origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                        "host": self._proxy_origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                         "port": self._proxy_origin.port,
                         "timeout": timeout,
                     }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ async def handle_async_request(self, request: Request) -> Response:
                     # Connect to the remote host using socks5
                     kwargs = {
                         "stream": stream,
-                        "host": self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                        "host": self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                         "port": self._remote_origin.port,
                         "auth": self._proxy_auth,
                     }
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ async def handle_async_request(self, request: Request) -> Response:
                         kwargs = {
                             "ssl_context": ssl_context,
                             "server_hostname": sni_hostname
-                            or self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                            or self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                             "timeout": timeout,
                         }
                         async with Trace("start_tls", logger, request, kwargs) as trace:
diff --git a/httpcore/_backends/sync.py b/httpcore/_backends/sync.py
index 4018a09c..8f1d20f3 100644
--- a/httpcore/_backends/sync.py
+++ b/httpcore/_backends/sync.py
@@ -88,9 +88,13 @@ def write(self, buffer: bytes, timeout: float | None = None) -> None:
         exc_map: ExceptionMapping = {socket.timeout: WriteTimeout, OSError: WriteError}
         with map_exceptions(exc_map):
             self._sock.settimeout(timeout)
-            while buffer:
-                nsent = self._perform_io(functools.partial(self.ssl_obj.write, buffer))
-                buffer = buffer[nsent:]
+            # Use a memoryview to avoid O(n²) copying when buffer is sliced on each
+            # iteration. Plain bytes slicing (buffer = buffer[n:]) creates a full copy;
+            # memoryview slicing is zero-copy, critical for large upload payloads.
+            view = memoryview(buffer)
+            while view:
+                nsent = self._perform_io(functools.partial(self.ssl_obj.write, view))
+                view = view[nsent:]
 
     def close(self) -> None:
         self._sock.close()
@@ -133,10 +137,14 @@ def write(self, buffer: bytes, timeout: float | None = None) -> None:
 
         exc_map: ExceptionMapping = {socket.timeout: WriteTimeout, OSError: WriteError}
         with map_exceptions(exc_map):
-            while buffer:
+            # Use a memoryview to avoid O(n²) copying when buffer is sliced on each
+            # iteration. Plain bytes slicing (buffer = buffer[n:]) creates a full copy;
+            # memoryview slicing is zero-copy, critical for large upload payloads.
+            view = memoryview(buffer)
+            while view:
                 self._sock.settimeout(timeout)
-                n = self._sock.send(buffer)
-                buffer = buffer[n:]
+                n = self._sock.send(view)
+                view = view[n:]
 
     def close(self) -> None:
         self._sock.close()
diff --git a/httpcore/_models.py b/httpcore/_models.py
index 8a65f133..1d467954 100644
--- a/httpcore/_models.py
+++ b/httpcore/_models.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def __eq__(self, other: typing.Any) -> bool:
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         scheme = self.scheme.decode("ascii")
-        host = self.host.decode("ascii")
+        host = self.host.decode("ascii").rstrip(".")
         port = str(self.port)
         return f"{scheme}://{host}:{port}"
 
diff --git a/httpcore/_sync/connection.py b/httpcore/_sync/connection.py
index 363f8be8..da5fc674 100644
--- a/httpcore/_sync/connection.py
+++ b/httpcore/_sync/connection.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def _connect(self, request: Request) -> NetworkStream:
             try:
                 if self._uds is None:
                     kwargs = {
-                        "host": self._origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                        "host": self._origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                         "port": self._origin.port,
                         "local_address": self._local_address,
                         "timeout": timeout,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def _connect(self, request: Request) -> NetworkStream:
                     kwargs = {
                         "ssl_context": ssl_context,
                         "server_hostname": sni_hostname
-                        or self._origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                        or self._origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                         "timeout": timeout,
                     }
                     with Trace("start_tls", logger, request, kwargs) as trace:
diff --git a/httpcore/_sync/http_proxy.py b/httpcore/_sync/http_proxy.py
index ecca88f7..924f4c58 100644
--- a/httpcore/_sync/http_proxy.py
+++ b/httpcore/_sync/http_proxy.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def handle_request(self, request: Request) -> Response:
 
                 kwargs = {
                     "ssl_context": ssl_context,
-                    "server_hostname": self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                    "server_hostname": self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                     "timeout": timeout,
                 }
                 with Trace("start_tls", logger, request, kwargs) as trace:
diff --git a/httpcore/_sync/socks_proxy.py b/httpcore/_sync/socks_proxy.py
index 0ca96ddf..30c0d93f 100644
--- a/httpcore/_sync/socks_proxy.py
+++ b/httpcore/_sync/socks_proxy.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def handle_request(self, request: Request) -> Response:
                 try:
                     # Connect to the proxy
                     kwargs = {
-                        "host": self._proxy_origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                        "host": self._proxy_origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                         "port": self._proxy_origin.port,
                         "timeout": timeout,
                     }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def handle_request(self, request: Request) -> Response:
                     # Connect to the remote host using socks5
                     kwargs = {
                         "stream": stream,
-                        "host": self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                        "host": self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                         "port": self._remote_origin.port,
                         "auth": self._proxy_auth,
                     }
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def handle_request(self, request: Request) -> Response:
                         kwargs = {
                             "ssl_context": ssl_context,
                             "server_hostname": sni_hostname
-                            or self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii"),
+                            or self._remote_origin.host.decode("ascii").rstrip("."),
                             "timeout": timeout,
                         }
                         with Trace("start_tls", logger, request, kwargs) as trace:
diff --git a/tests/test_trailing_dot.py b/tests/test_trailing_dot.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edcf04be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_trailing_dot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""Tests for trailing-dot FQDN hostname normalisation (issue #1063)."""
+
+import pytest
+import httpcore
+
+
+def test_origin_str_strips_trailing_dot():
+    """Origin.__str__ must strip the trailing dot from FQDNs.
+
+    'myhost.internal.' is a valid FQDN but TLS certificates use
+    'myhost.internal' (without the dot). Passing the raw hostname
+    to ssl_wrap_socket would cause CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED.
+    """
+    origin = httpcore.Origin(b"https", b"myhost.internal.", 443)
+    assert str(origin) == "https://myhost.internal:443"
+
+
+def test_origin_str_no_trailing_dot_unchanged():
+    """Normal hostnames (no trailing dot) must not be modified."""
+    origin = httpcore.Origin(b"https", b"example.com", 443)
+    assert str(origin) == "https://example.com:443"
+
+
+def test_url_host_strips_trailing_dot():
+    """URL.host used for SNI should not carry the trailing dot."""
+    url = httpcore.URL("https://myhost.internal.:8443/")
+    assert url.host == b"myhost.internal."   # raw host preserved
+    # but str(origin) strips it for TLS
+    origin = httpcore.Origin(b"https", url.host, url.port)
+    assert str(origin) == "https://myhost.internal:8443"
diff --git a/tests/test_write_performance.py b/tests/test_write_performance.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99d0065d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_write_performance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+"""Tests for zero-copy write optimisation using memoryview (issue #1029)."""
+
+import pytest
+import tracemalloc
+
+
+def _simulate_write_bytes(data: bytes, chunk_size: int = 65536) -> int:
+    """Simulate the OLD write loop (bytes slicing — copies on each iteration)."""
+    copies = 0
+    buf = data
+    while buf:
+        _chunk = buf[:chunk_size]   # consumed by socket.send() in production
+        buf = buf[chunk_size:]
+        copies += 1
+    return copies
+
+
+def _simulate_write_memoryview(data: bytes, chunk_size: int = 65536) -> int:
+    """Simulate the NEW write loop (memoryview — zero-copy slicing)."""
+    copies = 0
+    view = memoryview(data)
+    while view:
+        _chunk = view[:chunk_size]  # consumed by socket.send() in production
+        view = view[chunk_size:]
+        copies += 1
+    return copies
+
+
+def test_memoryview_slicing_zero_copy():
+    """memoryview slicing must not allocate new bytes objects.
+
+    bytes slicing (buffer = buffer[n:]) copies the remaining bytes on every
+    iteration — O(n²) total allocation for a large payload.
+    memoryview slicing is zero-copy and runs in O(n) memory.
+    """
+    data = b"x" * (4 * 1024 * 1024)  # 4 MB
+
+    tracemalloc.start()
+    snap_before = tracemalloc.take_snapshot()
+    _ = _simulate_write_memoryview(data)
+    snap_after = tracemalloc.take_snapshot()
+    tracemalloc.stop()
+
+    # Measure net allocation delta
+    stats = snap_after.compare_to(snap_before, "lineno")
+    allocated = sum(s.size_diff for s in stats if s.size_diff > 0)
+
+    # memoryview approach should allocate essentially nothing (< 1 MB overhead)
+    assert allocated < 1024 * 1024, (
+        f"memoryview write allocated {allocated / 1024:.0f} KB — "
+        "expected near-zero (zero-copy), got unexpected allocation"
+    )
+
+
+def test_write_loop_correct_iteration_count():
+    """Both loops must iterate the same number of times for the same payload."""
+    chunk = 65536
+    for size in [1024, chunk, chunk * 5, chunk * 100]:
+        data = b"0" * size
+        n_bytes = _simulate_write_bytes(data, chunk)
+        n_mv    = _simulate_write_memoryview(data, chunk)
+        assert n_bytes == n_mv, (
+            f"size={size}: bytes loop={n_bytes} iters, "
+            f"memoryview loop={n_mv} iters — must be equal"
+        )
+
+
+def test_write_loop_handles_empty_buffer():
+    """Empty payload should result in zero iterations (no write attempted)."""
+    assert _simulate_write_bytes(b"", 65536) == 0
+    assert _simulate_write_memoryview(b"", 65536) == 0
+
+
+def test_write_loop_handles_sub_chunk_payload():
+    """Payload smaller than one chunk should result in exactly one iteration."""
+    data = b"x" * 1000
+    assert _simulate_write_bytes(data, 65536) == 1
+    assert _simulate_write_memoryview(data, 65536) == 1