Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of MisbehavingServers
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- Jul 30, 2010, 12:27:36 PM (14 years ago)
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v2 v3 3 3 You were probably directed to this page due to a checksum mismatch where the downloaded distfile appeared to contain HTML. There a a few reasons this can happen: 4 4 5 * '''Your ISP's DNS servers redirect lookups of nonexistent host names to a search page.''' Some ISPs have decided that instead of returning the correct error code when a hostname does not exist, they will pretend that it does and say that its IP address is one that actually belongs to a web server they run. The idea is to be convenient for users, since it gives them a search page when they try to visit a nonexistent site in a browser. However, as well as violating the relevant Internet standards, this behaviour breaks many programs (such as Ma Ports) that need to know whether a hostname exists or not.5 * '''Your ISP's DNS servers redirect lookups of nonexistent host names to a search page.''' Some ISPs have decided that instead of returning the correct error code when a hostname does not exist, they will pretend that it does and say that its IP address is one that actually belongs to a web server they run. The idea is to be convenient for users, since it gives them a search page when they try to visit a nonexistent site in a browser. However, as well as violating the relevant Internet standards, this behaviour breaks many programs (such as MacPorts) that need to know whether a hostname exists or not. 6 6 7 7 Ask your ISP to correct the behaviour of their servers. Until they do, you will probably need to use different DNS servers. Information about using a number of public DNS services is readily available on the web.