forward problem

Matus UHLAR - fantomas uhlar at fantomas.sk
Mon Oct 27 08:53:38 UTC 2008


> > From: Trixter aka Bret McDanel <trixter at 0xdecafbad.com>
> > Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:28:59 +0100
> > 
> > I have been asked basically to provide a "sitefinder" like service for
> > some people so they have something other than the default browser 404
> > page.  I am fully aware of the problems this can cause, however in this
> 
> >From a response written by Kevin Darcy on 22 Aug...

On 26.10.08 23:48, Gregory Hicks wrote:
> "With BIND, you can only do this for zones for which you are
> authoritative, by putting wildcard entries in those zones. So, unless
> you want to claim authority for every zone on the Internet, you can't
> do it *universally*.
> 
> Note, many of us view this practice as inherently evil, especially
> after the SiteFinder ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_Finder )
> incident. It's usually done to try and "monetize" (see also "make money
> from", "scam") people's typos."

or also a "fraud" because it makes people think that some hosts (recods)
exist, while they do not.

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