[Nanog-futures] Opinions requested: NANOG-worthy or not?

[Sean Figgins]

Rich Kulawiec wrote:

> 	"The Register reports that customers have found that their
> 	defunct or forgotten-about sub-domains have been taken over by
> 	Network Solutions to send users to ad pages. By digging through
> 	a 59K-word user agreement, you can find the following text:
> 	'You also agree that any domain name directory, sub-directory,
> 	file name or path (e.g.) that does not resolve to an active
> 	web page on your Web site being hosted by Network Solutions,
> 	may be used by Network Solutions to place a "parking" page,
> 	"under construction" page, or other temporary page that may
> 	include promotions and advertisements for, and links to, Network
> 	Solutions' Web site...'"

Old news.  What may be more interesting is that some telecomunications 
companies do something along this line as well.  What Network Solutions 
was doing was a sort of wild card resolution.  If the host or domain 
name did not have a record, it would resolve it to a web site.  The 
other solutions tend to be to intercept errors from DNS servers, and 
change those to resolve to web sites, like Yahoo, who pay for the service.

Either way, I think it's a poor choice.

I doubt that it's a valid NANOG topic, as it really doesn't have 
anything to do with "operating a large provider network"...  It does 
clearly piss customers of telecoms off when it happens.

  -Sean