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   huh 'page not found'?

   

   alternatives, Sep 26th, 2003 @ 2:31pm

   
   

   Why not just put it back to normal and give me back my "page not found" information?
   
   How is 'page not found' correct?
   
   Is it not *MORE* correct to say 'cannot resolve host'? Or how about: whatever.blah.name.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again.
   
   Why ask for more broken behavior of 'page not found'?

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   Re: huh 'page not found'?

   

   Mike (profile), Sep 26th, 2003 @ 2:35pm

   
   

   Hey, okay, now you're just getting into semantics. I just meant the normal informative page if it had trouble finding the host.

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   Re: huh 'page not found'?

   

   ::CORY::, Sep 26th, 2003 @ 4:27pm

   
   

   When you type in a site and it doesnt come up, was the page you wanted found ? No. It doesnt tell you why it wasnt found, spelling, dead server, bad DNS, etc (actually it does if you scroll to the bottom) - just it wasnt found. Which it wasnt.

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   To stop this

   

   ::CORY::, Sep 26th, 2003 @ 4:38pm

   
   

   (On a windows machine) Find your "hosts" file and add an entry for sitefinder.verisign.com and point it to 127.0.0.1 save and presto, no more verisign page.

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   Re: huh 'page not found'?

   

   kartar, Sep 26th, 2003 @ 4:39pm

   
   

   Semantics. It should return the correct NXDOMAIN response as per the RFC.

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   Re: huh 'page not found'?

   

   Brandon, Sep 26th, 2003 @ 6:21pm

   
   

   Hack version 1:
   update your bind server to turn all requests which return the IP address of sitefinder to return NXDOMAIN instead. Restores "correct" behavior. More difficult to implement.
   
   Hack version 2:
   Have a local override for the IP address of sitefinder which actually points at your own service or google. Trivial (I think) to implement.
   
   Personally, I'm still impressed with the number of referrals I've been getting from sitefinder. Currently, its third behind Google and Yahoo.
   
   Brandon

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   Re: To stop this

   

   Anonymous Coward, Sep 26th, 2003 @ 6:24pm

   
   

   Great.. now you get cannot connect to server error! :(

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