[67841] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [IP] VeriSign prepares to relaunch "Site Finder" -- calls
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Vixie)
Mon Feb 23 18:29:19 2004
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>
Date: 23 Feb 2004 23:06:22 +0000
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402231651160.30014-100000@server2.tcw.telecomplete.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
steve@telecomplete.co.uk ("Stephen J. Wilcox") writes:
> > ... It would be no worse than NEW.NET or any other form of DNS
> > pollution/piracy (like the alternate root whackos), as long as it was
> > clearly labelled. ...
>
> With a local redirection you get to choose that you want it, you dont
> impose it on other parts of the Internet and given enough clue level your
> customers can run their own DNS if they object.
>
> So with that in mind this is no worse that http caching/smtp redirection or
> other local forms of subversion..
I guess I should have put some :-)'s into my earlier post on this thread.
Anyone using MSIE already has sitefinder-like functionality. And there are
adware companies who offer plugins for MSIE, Safari/Konquerer,
Netscape/Mozilla, and probably other browsers as well, to map "no such url"
to an adware/search site.
Therefore anyone who wants to opt into this can already do so.
Therefore the likelihood of an ISP offering this on an "opt in" basis is low.
I apologize for having to explain that I was joking. I'll try to do better.
--
Paul Vixie
