Re: DNS Changer items

[Roy <r.engehausen () gmail com>]

On 7/6/2012 11:06 AM, valdis.kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:52:56 -0700, Cameron Byrne said:
> > So insteading of turning the servers off, would it not have been helpful to
> > have the servers return a "captive portal" type of reponse
> Not all DNS lookups are for HTTP.

If you turn the servers off, then everything fails.  The user sits there 
bewildered and calls his/her ISP to report the Internet is down.

If HTTP was pointed to a server that had a page that said what the 
problem is and what to do, it would be a lot better.  Any tech support 
these users call can diagnose the problem in a few seconds.