On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Wayne E. Bouchard wrote:
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);
I agree that an application level solution at the edge is the best. I like the idea of having a user configurable parameter in the client browser to allow the ``finder'' URL to be set. The browser ``manufacturer'' would of course put their own default and the ISP would be able to ``configure'' their own defaults and the end user could ``change'' it to suit their preferences. This would allow competing ``URL finder'' type services, allow ISPs to fine tune the interface for their customers and allow end users to customize their own interface to the ``web''. Maybe its time for some ``finder'' API specifications, mozilla patches, and ``finder'' reference implementations. All of which would probably be off-topic for this forum. :) +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Michael Moscovitch CiteNet Telecom Inc. | | michaelm@citenet.net Tel: (514) 861-5050 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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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