[dundee] iptables nuances and best practices question

[Robert Ladyman]

"OpenDNS earns a portion of its revenue by resolving a domain name to an 
OpenDNS server when the name is not otherwise defined in DNS. This has the 
effect that if a user types a nonexistent name in a URL in a web browser, the 
user sees an OpenDNS search page"

In other words, if the name is not valid, you still get a 'valid' reply: not 
much use if you are trying to PING test, or for services other than http/s. If 
the name is not extant, you should receive a 'fail' signal, not a 'success'. 
As you might have noticed, I've nothing against earning money but I object to 
this sort of standards-corruption.

RJL

On Monday 06 October 2008 11:48:48 azmodie wrote:
> Whats the problem with opendns.com ?
>
>
> azmodie

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