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Re: Site Finder
From: "Wayne E. Bouchard" <web () typo org>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:06:13 -0700
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: ray.bellis () community net uk fax: +44 1865 856001 web: http://www.community.net.uk/
--- Wayne Bouchard web () typo org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
Current thread:
- Site Finder Ray Bellis (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder Kee Hinckley (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder Jason Slagle (Oct 18)
- RE: Site Finder Geo. (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder E.B. Dreger (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder Wayne E. Bouchard (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder Michael Moscovitch (Oct 18)
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- Re: Site Finder Robert Boyle (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder Michael Moscovitch (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder Jared Mauch (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder Will Yardley (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder Kee Hinckley (Oct 18)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Site Finder Dan Lockwood (Oct 18)
- RE: Site Finder Owen DeLong (Oct 18)
- Re: Site Finder Jack Bates (Oct 18)
- RE: Site Finder Michael Loftis (Oct 18)
- (on-topic) / RE: Site Finder Bryan Bradsby (Oct 18)
- Re: (on-topic) / RE: Site Finder Michael Loftis (Oct 18)
- RE: Site Finder Owen DeLong (Oct 18)