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

From: "Jeffrey A. Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 13:16:38 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Paul and all,

-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Vixie <[email-masked]>
>Sent: Nov 5, 2010 10:31 AM
>To: IETF DNSEXT WG <[email-masked]>
>Subject: Re: [dnsext] Re: need new flag bit in EDNS, "do me no favours" (DMNF) 
>
>Andreas Gustafsson <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Florian Weimer wrote:
>> > Redirection to search seems important because most users do not care
>> > about the difference between DNS-based and search-engine-based
>> > lookups.
>> 
>> Indeed - important enough that at least one browser is taking
>> defensive measures to ensure that this redirection to search is not
>> broken by NXDOMAIN spoofing:
>> 
>>   http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-discuss/msg/5891e258e6015fc5
>
>in the info-war over the ownership of eyeballs, we will all be collateral
>victims.
>
  Indeed we will be, if we already have not been.  

Regards,
Jeffrey A. Williams
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