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Yes, I will heartily agree with this. Having this functionality be triggered by a wildcard in the DNS records is the wrong approach. It's the application that should be taking care of this if (NXDOMAIN) redirect(preferences->sitefinder_host, url); If verisigin wants to partner with someone to actually host the sitefinder site but have some switch integrated into like IE/Netscape/whatever to use that site, I have no problem with this. It becomes a choice of the individual user to use it and the rest of us don't get screwed by something we have no control over. On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:07:53PM +0100, Ray Bellis wrote: > > Quoting Rusty Lewis from > http://verisign.com/corporate/news/2003/pr_20031007b.html?sl=070804 > > "We will continue to take feedback from both Internet users and the > technical community on how we can ensure that the service is available > for the many Internet users who clearly like it." > > Well that's very simple Rusty - stop screwing around with *our* DNS and > write a plugin for IE to catch NXDOMAIN, just like the Google toolbar > does. > > That'll allow 90% of the browsing population a *choice*, something the > wildcard clearly does not. > > Ray > > -- > Ray Bellis, MA(Oxon) - Technical Director > community internet plc - ts.com Ltd > > Windsor House, 12 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2PJ > tel: +44 1865 856000 email: [email protected] > fax: +44 1865 856001 web: http://www.community.net.uk/ --- Wayne Bouchard [email protected] Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
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