[dundee] iptables nuances and best practices question

[Andrew Clayton]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:56:39 +0100, Robert Ladyman wrote:

> "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.

Sounds like Verizon all over again....

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