Re: polipo, dns, and firefox

Juliusz Chroboczek <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.polipo.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> Also: squid allows for a workaround in that you can configure the error
>> page.  Thus, a custom error page can give a link to the "I'm Feeling
>> Lucky" or whatever.  Polipo doesn't allow for this, does it?

> I don't think so.

There isn't right now.  Patches gratefully accepted, as long as the
user-interface is sane.  (That means configurable in a way consistent with
the rest of Polipo.)

> Have you tried using OpenDns?  They're a free dns service; one of
> their features is to catch dns errors.  They certainly do typo
> correction for dns.  I _think_ they also provide a search page which
> replaces dns errors.

Don't.  OpenDNS's hack is a gross violation of how DNS should work.

                                        Juliusz

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