On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Daniel Falk
<daniel-pol...@mbx.zapto.org> wrote:
> Ciprian Dorin, Craciun wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Juliusz Chroboczek
>> <juliusz.chroboc...@pps.jussieu.fr> wrote:
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For what it's worth, I don't think it's such a bad idea to have the
>>>>> proxy
>>>>> attempt the search for you as well. Someone would just have to add it
>>>>> to
>>>>> polipo as an optional feature.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Some help here?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'll think about it. What kind of user-interface do you have in mind?
>>> Invoking a Squid-style redirector, as with forbidden?
>>>
>>> Juliusz
>>>
>>
>> I'm afraid I'm not acquainted with Squit-like redirectors, but I
>> would have proposed a very simple solution, two variables:
>> * dnsErrorRedirect -> boolean for enabling,
>> * dnsErrorUrlPrefix -> string, for example http://en.wikipedia.org/
>> And when the host is not found, a redirect page will be generated
>> with the URL prefix being the one given in the variable, and the
>> suffix, the host name (or keyword as Firefox calls it).
>>
>> Ciprian Craciun.
>>
>
> I like this proposal. Although you could say that only the second variable
> is needed. (Not set means disabled.) Also, not sure what you mean by
> redirect page. Once again, I think using an HTTP header for the redirect is
> my preferred approach. That may have been what you meant, I just wanted to
> clarify.
Yes, I've meant a 300 family status code with redirection header.
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