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Re: http/anysite.com redirects to Wiki from Firefox


From: steve menard <nospam () dranem org>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:09:25 -0400

UH ....   NO
On my Linux Laptop   

http/anything.com

My DNS Supplier   takes over  and leads NOWHERE

So check who is solving your systems DNS

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Ali, Saqib wrote:
Actually it does take you to google, and then uses the Google's
"Feeling Lucky" api, and takes you to the site which is the first hit
in the result set. You can run a sniffer and verify that it is going
out to Google.

this is the expected behaviour. :-)

saqib
http://www.quantumcrypto.de/dante/

On 13 Dec 2007 06:04:56 -0000,  <shyaam () gmail com> wrote:
  
"http/anything.com" (type that as is) redirects to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP when I do with a Firefox. Isn't 
it supposed to take us to google or the default search engine we have enabled for the site.


Sorry if the question is lame.


Shyaam

    
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