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Meanwhile, OpenDNS hijacked NXDOMAIN results and tried to show me ads the last time I used them. Have they stopped doing that?
by kijin 15y ago
Meanwhile, OpenDNS hijacked NXDOMAIN results and tried to show me ads the last time I used them. Have they stopped doing that?
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoI imagine typo domain suggestion/resolution is one of their key selling points for people who don't know what NXDOMAIN is (ie most of their customers), removing it seems unlikely.
- kijin 15y agoFair point, but I think it's the browser's job to decide what to do when the user types a domain that doesn't exist. Chrome gives you a search page if you enter a nonexistent domain.
- hubbit 15y agoLet me guess, a Google search page. How convenient. It's clear to see everyone wants a piece of this nxdomain action. Whether it's the DNS service provider, the ISP, or the browser company (Microsoft does a redirect too, not sure about Mozilla) or the typosquatter. The blog post is on a blog sponsored by a DNS service provider. ISP's are stealing their nxdomain traffic! The horror! I can remember when a 404 was a 404. No ads. "Those were the days."
- cdr 15y agoYes, they still hijack NXDOMAIN among other things. The "other things" you can mostly disable with settings, but there's no way to get rid of the NXDOMAIN hijacking - at least for free, maybe you can pay them money to. It annoyed me sufficiently I switched back to Google DNS, even though I was getting better streaming performance with OpenDNS.