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banditws6
Shrinking Time and Distance

join:2001-08-18
Naples, FL
·Comcast

reply to NewLife
Re: Ah, I got a Solution

What does this have to do with making sure your subdomains redirect properly? NetSol is hijacking unassigned subdomains. Subdomains that have not been created at all. Like a wildcard. If DSLR were hosted at NetSol, you could request any random subdomain -- "thispagesucks.dslreports.com" for example -- and get the NetSol advertising page. Any subdomain that you did not create is getting redirected.

This is the kind of stuff we expected from cut-rate hosts like Geocities and that ilk back in the day. The fact that it's so well-hidden in this case is what disgusts me, as it speaks to NetSol's character and intent as a corporation.
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"I'll follow the law until it's just stupid." -Ted Nugent


NewLife
Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming

join:2001-07-31
Calhoun, GA
·AT&T Southeast
·Comcast

But, if you read the article, the guy has a subdomain called app.gotgame.com. Type it in and if it is not pointed at an active page, then you get the ad riddled pages. Hey, I ain't saying its right, but the fact remains that if you take the time to read the user agreement you would see it. Its like installing software on a pc. If you do not read the EULA, and in it it states that after 30 days of using the software your computer will vaporize, then that becomes your fault. You should have read the EULA.
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With hurricanes,tornados,fires out of control,mud slides,flooding,severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another,and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks,are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge


Noah Vail
Premium
join:2004-12-10
Lorton, VA
·RoadRunner Cable

He's got a Really Big Solution.

Via Tech Crunch:
"According to a search on DomainTools there are 294,438 sites on the same Network Solutions IP address as GotGame.com. I ran a test on the sites listed (for free) by DomainTools and every single one had the same issue: unassigned domain names with link filled Network Solutions holding pages"
»www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/08/ne···domains/

So you are trying to tell us that Win Betteridge of GotGame.com went forth and set up 294,438 improperly assigned subdomains?

What would the code for a gaming site with 294,438 properly assigned subdomains look like?

Seems like a bit of an ambitious project.

NV


Rogue Wolf
Is Kind Of A Big Deal In Yemen

join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY
·RoadRunner Cable

reply to NewLife
Re: Ah, I got a Solution

Of course! He should have read and comprehended every last one of those FIFTY NINE THOUSAND WORDS, slathered in legalese and doublespeak, and KNOWN that the company would do this before he went and started up that website!

Why don't we go to the logical extreme? Let companies write EULAs consisting of hundreds of thousands, maybe even MILLIONS of words, so complex that we have to consult a lawyer every time we want to open up a can of soup.

This whole "should've read the EULA" argument gets thinner and thinner with every extra thousand words companies pin on them. Maybe we should just leave the website-creation bit to big corporations who have teams of lawyers to handle this sort of thing?
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I have learned to ignore such naysayers, when... quelling... them... hm?... was out of the question.
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