condescension.net » Road Runner http://condescension.net doesn't have a catchy tagline. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Piss off Roadrunner http://condescension.net/2007/12/30/piss-off-roadrunner/ http://condescension.net/2007/12/30/piss-off-roadrunner/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:03:53 +0000 Mike Corey http://www.condescension.net/2007/12/30/piss-off-roadrunner/ dns.jpg
Roadrunner just began resolving bad DNS queries to a search page. Absolutely stupid as this breaks the whole state machine of the internet. request some ridiculous domain that doesnt exist like “bestbuy.co” and instead of getting a DNS server error the server name will resolve to 24.28.199.152. This in fact is a roadrunner webserver which will in fact return a 200 response from the webserver. absolutely ridiculous. So now a site that doesn’t exist suddenly has a server with the page you requested.

As if breaking the state machine for web browsing wasn’t enough, whats at the top of the results? SPONSORED results. I’m sorry but piss off roadrunner. I pay enough for your flaky service to not have to deal with you trying to sell me shit at the drop of a misplaced “m”

UPDATE:
DSL reports noticed this also. Check them out for some additional details.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/90502

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