I don't see what is wrong. They have been running the root servers for too long and they are now trying to make some money out of it. And they only do it for invalid domains. It is much better than pop up ads in flash that cover the screen.
I would think this is a legitimate way of making money. The issue of technical problems cropping up due to this also looks exaggerated to me. Clearly, any danger to SMTP servers can not be a concern as they would probably add wildcards for "A" type record and not "MX" records. Can somebody more knowledgeable enlighten me on what kind of things I can expect to break because of this from a system administration point of view and how can they be repaired. (just the facts please, not the rhetoric). With Warm Regards Tarun Upadhyay Induslogic Inc. *Industrial Strength Software* 4th Floor, Picadilly House 276, Capt Gaur Marg, Srinivaspuri Delhi 110065, India. P: +91.11.5170.9070 x 5353 F: +91.11.5170.9071 C: +91.9811.535353 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.induslogic.com > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > i.org] On Behalf Of Raj Mathur > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:41 AM > To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list > Subject: Re: [ilugd] Verisign Plays the M$ way > > >>>>> "SM/PH/PK" == penguinhead <Spoonman> writes: > > SM/PH/PK> Verisign yesterday added wildcard DNS records to all > SM/PH/PK> .com and .net domains - redirecting surfers who get lost > SM/PH/PK> on the Net to a search page, called Site Finder, run by > SM/PH/PK> the company. Those who type in non-existent addresses > SM/PH/PK> will also be served up Site Finder, instead of an error > SM/PH/PK> message. > > SM/PH/PK> So, Verisign has turned domain name typos into an > SM/PH/PK> advertising opportunity. This is an abuse of Verisign's > SM/PH/PK> role, via acquired company Network Solutions, in running > SM/PH/PK> the root DNS servers. > > SM/PH/PK> "This breaks all sorts of things horribly. It makes it > SM/PH/PK> very difficult for mail servers to reject mail from > SM/PH/PK> invalid domains" > > SM/PH/PK> "Even worse, if an MX record points to an invalid host > SM/PH/PK> name, that host will now resolve, the SMTP connection > SM/PH/PK> accepted and the mail then rejected. Because the > SM/PH/PK> rejection is a 550 error, that mail will not get retried > SM/PH/PK> *ever* again. If that MX was the highest priority mail > SM/PH/PK> server than all mail to that domain name will bounce" > > SM/PH/PK> Already a backlash is building, with Net admins being > SM/PH/PK> urged to block Verisign's catch-all domain. this is > SM/PH/PK> bound to get very very messy. > > If you feel strongly enough about it you can sign the > petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/icanndns/petition.html > > -- Raju > -- > Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > It is the mind that moves > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
