Fri, 03 Jan 2003 20:21:20 GMT
[Posted to Random Bytes on January 3, 2003 03:21 PM| Links to this post ]
....and it simply uses http redirects like 90% of retail domain resellers, and it uses the "frame trick" and the redirect engine is written in PERL - if you don't use the plug-in. And, it eats non-http requests and pretends that Verisign's webfarm @ 198.41.1.35 is authoritative, when it is most definitely not.

I knew this solution was coming down the pipe, so why do I suddenly feel ripped off by the internet? Before today, some things, like the DNS, had almost magical qualities. Today I feel like we've looked behind the curtain and only found that the wizard is out to lunch.

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