What are they smoking?

Tue Sep 16 15:59:06 UTC 2003

> Just noticed this: verisign is redirecting queries for dorkslayers.com's
> old RBL, even though dorkslayers.com is a registered and active domain.
> It just has no name servers. 

I must ask the subject again. What in the name of < censored > *are* they smoking? Who exclusively gave them the right to own the 'net and decide which domain points to where?

Completely unacceptable.

-hc

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:37:35AM -0500, Marius Strom wrote:
> 
> 
> So it seems they're doing this to billing-active domains as well.
> 
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Sabri Berisha wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:56:57AM +0200, Niels Bakker wrote:
> > > 
> > > A wildcard A record in the net TLD.
> > > 
> > > $ host does.really-not-exist.net
> > > does.really-not-exist.net has address 64.94.110.11
> > > 
> > > $ host 64.94.110.11
> > > 11.110.94.64.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer sitefinder-idn.verisign.com
> > 
> > Simply inject a route for 64.94.110.11/32 in your favorite IGP, route it 
> > to a box and alias it on eth0. Put up a 404 not found and let Verisign
> > rot in hell until such time as they regain their consiousness.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Sabri Berisha 			"I route, therefore you are"
> > 
> > "Wij doen niet aan default gateways" - anonymous engineer bij een DSL klant.
> > 
> 
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What *are* they smoking?

What are they smoking?