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[Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

Shea Tisdale wrote:
> I'm told that Verisign has inserted a wildcard DNS record into the .com
> and .net TLDs, with the effect that a query on an unregistered domain
> name now resolves to a specific IP address.  This hasn't manifested
> itself here yet, but I guess it will over the next day or so.

This is why I love the Internet:

" Today, the makers of the BIND DNS software responded by announcing a
patch that will interpret Verisign as damage and route around them."

http://boingboing.net/2003_09_01_archive.html#106380970226047032

TaB


> One of the side-effects is that any attempt to block email by checking
> that the sender's domain exists, will now fail.  Another side-effect
> concerns mis-configured mail servers or DNS entries: if you are
> configuring a mail relay and/or put a typo in the MX record, you may get
> unexpected results since the IP address indicated by Verisign happens to
> be running an SMTP server.
> 
> I'll refrain from repeating the outraged comments on various discussion
> groups.  It will be interesting to see how this situation evolves.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
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