Yes, but you will notice they call that an "Enhanced Error Results Page" so that must be OK! :-)
-----Original Message----- >From: Brian Cluff <br...@snaptek.com> >Sent: Feb 28, 2010 8:13 PM >To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> >Subject: Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead? > >Your browser should be giving you an address not found message. If bing >is factoring into it, then your dns is being hijacked, or you have some >sort of plugin that is redirecting your results. > >Attached is what I get when I try putting in something with a bad address. > >Brian Cluff > >On 02/28/2010 03:24 PM, Steve Phariss wrote: >> Who does cox redirect to? I get the bing search page, and if it is not >> found (i.e. truely a bad search) then BING gives me a not found page >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Joseph Sinclair >> <plug-discuss...@stcaz.net <mailto:plug-discuss...@stcaz.net>> wrote: >> >> Eric Shubert wrote: >> > >> > Could you elaborate about the redirect-failure-to-ads trick? I don't >> > know what you mean by that. >> > >> > Also, do you happen to know if Qwest is also doing this? >> > >> > Thanks again. >> >> Most ISP and commercial DNS providers, when a domain name isn't >> found, do not return the mandated a NXDOMAIN response. >> Instead they return the IP address of a server that just dumps a >> page full of ads based on the (presumably mistyped) domain name. >> The immediate problem is that a completely innocent typo can then >> result in ads for almost anything (which can be *really* bad if a >> kid is doing the typing). >> >> It's a dirty trick to try to turn DNS into a profit center, and I >> find it completely despicable. >> DNS has to trustworthy or the whole trust model of the net fails, >> and any service that's willing to change NXDOMAIN responses for >> profit could just as easily start redirecting other traffic for even >> more profit (imagine if www.gnu.org <http://www.gnu.org> got >> redirected to a MS anti-FOSS site when accessed from a Windows machine). >> >> I don't know if QWest is doing that, but I would be mildly surprised >> if they aren't. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
