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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 11:33:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@skipper.robotics.net> To: "Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford@infowest.com> cc: nanog@merit.edu In-Reply-To: <35935600.FF54EBFE@infowest.com> On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Aaron D. Gifford wrote: > It might also be time for content providers of time-sensitive data on the web > to redirect requests coming from Digex' proxy harvest machines to a web page > that says something along the lines of "Digex has intercepted your web request > and directed it through their web caching system. This impacts the > time-sensitive data at this site. Hence you cannot access this site in this > manner. Please contact Digex at [insert contact info here] and politely ask > Digex to stop intercepting your web requests. When Digex removes this > interception mechanism and permits you to connect directly to this site again > without any interference or interception, you will again have full access. > Please understand we cannot offer full access without a direct, unintercepted > connection. Otherwise we cannot maintain the quality and timeliness of the > data this web site provides due to interference by a third party." And so > forth. Just an idea really. Hay, I like it, but I don't know how many content providers would be willing to do something like this. In fact some contect providers with low bandwidth connections my actually be happy with Digex. I am glad I am not a Digex customer because I would now be looking for a new provider. > Or does this hijacking mechanism NOT use harvesting techniques that can be > detected by the source IP address? > > Blah. Tis late, I must be babbling incoherently. Na, I think it is a good idea, I just don't think that many people will put in the effort to make it happen. ><> Nathan Stratton Telecom & ISP Consulting www.robotics.net nathan@robotics.net > > Aaron out. >
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