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Comcast DNS Redirection Launched In Trial Markets

Posted by timothy on from the looks-like-you-want-xxy-porn dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Comcast has finally launched its DNS Redirector service in trial markets (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington state), and has submitted a working draft of the technology to the IETF for review. Comcast customers can opt-out from the service by providing their account username and cable modem MAC address. Customers in trial areas using 'old' Comcast DNS servers, or non-Comcast DNS servers, should not be affected by this. This deployment comes after many previous ISPs, like DSLExtreme, were forced to pull the plug on such efforts as a result of customer disapproval/retaliation. Some may remember when VeriSign tried this back in 2003, where it also failed."

2 of 362 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Call it what it is by TheRealJobe · · Score: 0, Troll

    No it isn't they are not directing you to a externally developed app, their simply adding a GUI interface to a bunk DNS return. They aren't forcing you to an external domain and you dont have to click on any of their links. Lets call this what it is, overeacting think tanks.

  2. Re:OpenDNS is opt-in by CannonballHead · · Score: 0, Troll

    Comcast is opt in. It just happens that they have a lot of current customers. But nobody forced you to call Comcast and pay them for their service.