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echo: nthelp
to: John Beamish
from: Mike N.
date: 2006-07-16 12:16:12
subject: Re: OpenDNS - a proposed alternative

From: Mike N. 


>In return, sites like the notoriously sluggish MySpace.com load
>significantly faster, thanks to the way OpenDNS caches IP addresses.

  I'll agree with Geo - this is marketing BS.

>Currently, web surfers simple get an error message when they attempt to
>navigate to an unused domain.

   Only a small segment of the internet population gets an error message,
everyone else is routed to MSN search because of the default configuration of IE.

>Current beta testers, pulled from the EveryDNS.net, are also begging
>OpenDNS to redirect clear typos, such as "wikepedia.org" (instead of
>"wikipedia.org"), away from typo-squatters who set up pages with
>advertising to cash-in on errant keystrokes, something Ulevitch seems game
>to implement.

   Getting rid of Typosquatters would also be a good thing.   If this ever
catches on and typosquatters lose business, they'd be the first to sue.

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