Re: Site Finder

["Wayne E. Bouchard" <web () typo org>]

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
>
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Wayne Bouchard
web () typo org
Network Dude
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