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Re: [dnsext] Re: need new flag bit in EDNS, "do me no favours" (DMNF)

Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de> Fri, 05 November 2010 10:30 UTC

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To: Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org>
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Subject: Re: [dnsext] Re: need new flag bit in EDNS, "do me no favours" (DMNF)
References: <59023.1287939121@nsa.vix.com> <20101025094523.GA5187@nic.fr> <41281.1288025835@nsa.vix.com> <20101025233215.4A495606495@drugs.dv.isc.org> <72674.1288058394@nsa.vix.com> <AANLkTimwXkUrYHveahqTMZe=V8zu8LG1MJ3HtQEZAoDW@mail.gmail.com> <78766.1288064363@nsa.vix.com>
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:22:52 +0000
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* Paul Vixie:

>> Why doesn't that belong better in HTTP? The HTTP WG is probably better
>> placed to define whatever a "web error" is.
>
> if you get an nxdomain you won't be connecting to any web server
> anywhere.

This depends on the browser and on the domain name.  Quite a few
implement search fallback, try again with "www." prepended.
Redirection to search seems important because most users do not care
about the difference between DNS-based and search-engine-based
lookups.

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