VeriSign Sued Over Controversial Web Service: An Internet search company on Thursday filed a $100 million antitrust lawsuit against VeriSign Inc., accusing the Web address provider of hijacking misspelled and unassigned Web addresses with a service it launched this week.
Read more (source): http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3471297 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Clishe > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:22 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: All .COM / .NET domain names now exist > > I'm surprised how quiet this group is being regarding this > issue. This has potentially enormous ramifications. For one > thing, this effectively breaks reverse-DNS lookups that > anti-spam applications use to verify sending domains as being valid. > > Come on now, Verisign is masking the difference between a > valid domain and NXDOMAIN for all protocols, all users, and > all software. Doesn't anyone here have an opinion? > > Jason > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:02 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: All .COM / .NET domain names now exist > > > > > > > > [My apologies for the cross-post, but this has the potential > > to impact just > > about everybody who uses the Internet...] > > > > As of a little while ago (it is around 7:45 PM US Eastern > > on Mon 15 Sep > > 2003 as I write this), VeriSign added a wildcard A record to > > the .COM and > > .NET TLD DNS zones. The IP address returned is > > <64.94.110.11>, which reverses > > to <sitefinder.verisign.com>. > > > > What that means in plain English is that most mis-typed > > domain names that > > would formerly have resulted in a helpful error message now > > results in a > > VeriSign advertising opportunity. For example, if my > domain name was > > "somecompany.com", and somebody typed "soemcompany.com" by > > mistake, they > > would get VeriSign's advertising. > > > > (VeriSign is a company which purchased Network Solutions, > > another company > > which was given the task by the US government of running the > > .COM and .NET > > top-level domains (TLDs). VeriSign has been exploiting the > > Internet's DNS > > infrastructure ever since.) > > > > This will have the immediate effect of making network > > trouble-shooting > > much more difficult. Before, a mis-typed domain name in an > > email address, > > web browser, or other network configuration item would result > > in an obvious > > error message. You might not have known what to do about it, > > but at least > > you knew something was wrong. Now, though, you will have to > > guess. Every > > time. > > > > Some have pointed out that this will make an important > > anti-spam check > > impossible. A common anti-spam measure is to check and make > > sure the domain > > name of the sender really exists. (While this is easy to > force, every > > little bit helps.) Since all .COM and .NET domain names now > > exist, that > > anti-spam check is useless. > > > > VeriSign's commentary: > > > > http://www.verisign.com/resources/gd/sitefinder/implementation.pdf > > http://www.verisign.com/resources/gd/sitefinder/bestpractices.pdf > > > > Third-party reference: > > > > http://www.cbronline.com/latestnews/d04afc52ae9da2ee80256d9c0018be8b > > > > -- > > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the > > author and do | > > | not represent the views or policy of any other person or > > organization. | > > | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. > > | > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=& lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
