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