Re: *.com and *.net now resolve ...

2003-09-17 Thread Peter Glassenbury
Got this sent to me ... Pete >Appears there's a workaround for the Verisign's .com/.net hijack >spammer problem. > > http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/delegation-only.html Tim Wright wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 15:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suppose that if enough Internet users DDOSED asdj49

Re: *.com and *.net now resolve ...

2003-09-17 Thread Tim Wright
On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 15:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I suppose that if enough Internet users DDOSED > asdj49w8ucfosci8cfuserkctmwildfjksdfkg.com > > then verigsign may rethink its policies. Alternatively, sign this petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/icanndns/petition.html -- Tim Wright

Re: *.com and *.net now resolve ...

2003-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 15:36, Carl Cerecke wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I suppose that if enough Internet users DDOSED > > asdj49w8ucfosci8cfuserkctmwildfjksdfkg.com > > user wild. > > Was that on purpose, or just a random accident? lol. My subconscious c

Re: *.com and *.net now resolve ...

2003-09-16 Thread Carl Cerecke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suppose that if enough Internet users DDOSED asdj49w8ucfosci8cfuserkctmwildfjksdfkg.com user wild. Was that on purpose, or just a random accident? Cheers, Carl.

Re: *.com and *.net now resolve ...

2003-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I suppose that if enough Internet users DDOSED asdj49w8ucfosci8cfuserkctmwildfjksdfkg.com then verigsign may rethink its policies. On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 13:19, Gareth Williams wrote: > oh, WTF. That is just plain wrong. I didn't believe you until I tried it for > myself :-/ > Nice article btw, t

Re: *.com and *.net now resolve ...

2003-09-16 Thread Gareth Williams
oh, WTF. That is just plain wrong. I didn't believe you until I tried it for myself :-/ Nice article btw, thanks for the link. Cheers, Gareth On Wednesday 17 September 2003 12:31, Jim Cheetham wrote: > FYI, I see in my DNS today that every possible .com and .net address now > resolves, and goes

*.com and *.net now resolve ...

2003-09-16 Thread Jim Cheetham
FYI, I see in my DNS today that every possible .com and .net address now resolves, and goes to Verisign's portal site. This has an impact on email - rejecting an incoming email message because the claimed From address does now exist now fails, because all .com and .net addresses exist. (Naturally