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Re: Nice said by Done_Posting:said by cableties:Doesn't OpenDNS redirect as well? Or is it something different. They'll take you to a page of possible other URL's if they suspect a misspelling, but yes, now that you mention it, I remember that there are text ads on the error page (like Googles's text ads). I think there may be a preference somewhere not to show ads, but I've never explored it. I guess the real reason I prefer OpenDNS over my ISP's is because of the speed and reliability, so my original post probably isn't completely relevant in a discussion about DNS redirection ads. My bad.  - Tate If you become a free signed in user of OpenDns, you can uncheck the correct typos option and then just get an error msg.
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 plencnerbPremium
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However, my "impression" of what OpenDNS did was to return the standard "404 - page not found" error page if you mis-type a URL.
For example, I typed in the following URL at home (which is where I'm running this)
»www.kfdsjafkjsdjkds.com
The attached picture is what OpenDNS returned.
Am I missing something? Again, I thought the point of OpenDNS was that you would not get a page like the one pictured, but the standard "404 - Not Found" page.
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| There's a big difference between a 404 (Page not found) error and a domain error.
When you get a 404 error you are on a web server of a valid domain. The web server is telling you the URL (html, asp, php, etc.) page does not exist on that server.
The original poster has it wrong about the "page not found" portion. I can setup my web server to hand out a "real" HTML page on all 404 errors and even provide a redirector to another page. I'm assuming this is just for mis-typed URL's. |
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plencnerbPremium
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1) www.microsoft.com/download_IE11/main.html
2) www.microsofffft.com/download_IE11/main.html
In the first example, the site (www.microsoft.com) is valid. However, the path and page (/download_IE11/main.html) is what is not correct. Microsoft has added code to their site to alert you of this. This is what you are saying in regards to coding your page to hand out pages for 404 errors to help the user out. I have no problem with that (and I don't think many people do), as the domain is correct.
However, the problem comes with my 2nd example, as the domain www.microsofffft.com does not exist.
In a "perfect world" no matter what DNS server you are using, if the domain cannot be found, one of the two options above should be shown. Either IE gives you a "generic" error page (Option #1), or you get a bit more information, but no re-direction (Option #2).
If I understand things correctly, that is how DNS is suppose to work, right?
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| I agree like everyone else. I was just pointing out the post was misleading
"sending wayward surfers and their butterfingers to an ISP-run portal, instead of a traditional page not found error site."
The above should have NOT said anything about a "page not found" |
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