Standard response for failed lookups

Kevin Darcy kcd at chrysler.com
Fri Aug 22 21:38:22 UTC 2008


Linux Dude wrote:
> I am trying to find a way to have a standard response for entries that fail.
> For example if you lookup qwery.com which for this example doesn't actually
> exist, I want my bind installation to respond with 192.168.1.1. Is this
> possible with bind?
>   
With BIND, you can only do this for zones for which you are 
authoritative, by putting wildcard entries in those zones. So, unless 
you want to claim authority for every zone on the Internet, you can't do 
it *universally*.

Note, many of us view this practice as inherently evil, especially after 
the SiteFinder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_Finder) incident. It's 
usually done to try and "monetize" (see also "make money from", "scam") 
people's typos.

                                                                         
                           - Kevin



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