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GoDaddy Serves Blank Pages to Safari & Opera

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-so-much-with-the-go dept.

zackmac writes "For over two weeks domain registrar GoDaddy has been serving blank pages to Safari and Opera users who attempt to access sites using its domain forwarding and masking service. GoDaddy is blaming Apple as the source of the problem, and with nowhere to turn, Mac users are flocking to Apple's support forums to discuss the issue in-depth. Apple has so far been unresponsive and GoDaddy has directed affected customers to contact Apple Support. An inconvienent workaround is to open the website first in Firefox or Internet Explorer and then the page will load in Safari or Opera. Speculation abounds as to the cause of the problem and how to fix it. The current belief is malformed headers, an invalid 302 header with a bogus location and a redirect loop."

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  1. hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is there some kind of hidden meaning to this...Anti-Mac GODaddy anyone?

  2. Re:Can anyone confirm this? by Dick_Stallmanat0r · · Score: 0, Troll

    I also use domain masking/redirection from godaddy, but when I connect with Opera it seems to work just fine. Has the problem been fixed already or am I just lucky ;-)?

    Does this work for you too?

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  3. baseless zealotry by JeffSh · · Score: -1, Troll

    :shudders: the sounds of baseless zealotry flutter in the wind.

    listen, folks. Godaddy does domain registrations for like 6 dollars a year. bitching about the service/support is like complaining that walmart doesnt employ people to carry groceries out to your car.

    The owner of godaddy seems like a real standup guy. i cant remember when it was, but he sent out a rather impassioned plea regarding some change in policy that would adversely affect customer privacy.

    i don't know. this just seems like an attack mob organized over something as simple as a bug that can be fixed.

    just back off, god. mob mentality is so retarded on the internet. especially from you minority zealots. "BUT MY 0.25% of the market share browser doesn't work flawlessly, waaaaaaah"

    please. /waits to be modded down as a troll for posting this on slashdot.

    1. Re:baseless zealotry by darkmeridian · · Score: 0, Troll

      Let's make history and mod someone down after he asked for it.

      "BUT MY 0.25% of the market share browser doesn't work flawlessly, waaaaaaah"

      Wait. Which browser is the only one to pass Acid2? Oh, that's right, Safari!

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  4. Re:Technical Investigation by JeffSh · · Score: -1, Troll

    apple users do.

    they are too divorced from the technical aspects of the computer to really know what might be wrong, so instead they start some sort of social movement/protest against whatever the problem is perceived to be.

    it's alot easier to bang pots and pans around and scream real loud than it is to diagnose the problem, i suppose.

  5. Re:Blaming apple?? by General+Wesc · · Score: 0, Troll

    You got it wrong. It's like this...

    I work for GoDaddy, so I am really getting a kick out of most of these replies. Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about.

    But trust me. You dont.

    I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you dont know what you are talking about. This is how bad info gets passed around. If you dont know about the topic, don't make yourself sound like you do. Because some Slashdotters will believe anything they hear.

  6. Re:GoDaddy CEO is pro-torture by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    My bullshit detector went off when I read your poorly sourced comment. Turns out I was right: You're full of it.

    Here's what Bob Parsons actually said. The relevant part:

    It's important to note that to date, there have been no fatalities among the prisoners at Gitmo. Some of the "terrible" techniques we are being decried for using in Gitmo are sleep deprivation, solitary confinement, exposure to cold and heat (as in a cold room), mental games, constant questioning, etc. All of it, when compared to what has been done in the Middle East to extract information from prisoners is mild, indeed.


    He's not in favor of torture. He's in favor of continuing to do things that by definition are not torture. Now, if you want to get into a shouting match with the guy over what "torture" means, go right ahead, though I don't think you're gonna convince anybody if the stuff you're calling torture is commonplace in the average frat house.
  7. more proof that apple sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    more proof that apple sucks