On 20/11/2009, at 10:39 AM, Brett Fenton wrote:

> Perhaps you can tell me why any DNS provider would out of hand see  
> this as
> something that is bad for an end user?
>
> a) They are only doing it on failed lookups (different story if they  
> were
> pushing content on valid lookups, and I think they understand this  
> as well)
>
> b) If you want to see a 404, you can opt out of the system

To clarify, its on NXDOMAIN only and not 404 - On the upside they  
appear to only be doing it for www records, if it were a blanket  
policy on all NXDOMAINs there would be issues with a whole range of  
things, think RBL's etc (As per your Verisign example).

>
> c) It's only internal to their own network, you aren't forced to use  
> it, if
> you feel that its completely untenable, you can simply use an  
> alternate ISP.

Its only on the personal plans, not business plans and worst case  
scenario you can simply use another set of DNS resolvers.

>
> It's a completely different story to say when Verisign did it and  
> there was no
> alternative. They rightly copped a kick in the ass.
>
>> I noticed:
>>
>> http://www.crn.com.au/News/160923,bigpond-redirects-typos-to-unethical-bran
>> ded-search-page.aspx
>>
>> And wonder if every other DNS service provider feels the same way as
>> Brett Fenton of NetRegistry.
>>
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Regards,
Nick Brown

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