Will reverting DNS wildcard have any adverse affects?

Fri Oct 3 23:36:44 UTC 2003

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Wayne E. Bouchard wrote:

> Well, considering that large numbers of community members here
> installed the BIND patch (and patches for other vendors software) the
> day it was released, I think we're just fine with this. :-)

I am personally thrilled they are reverting. I also hope ICANN succeeds in
politely (without the need for legal actions) convince them that this is a
bad idea.

I have confidence in the bind patch not breaking bind when Verisign
reverts back, but there were some pretty rash suggestions when the
sitefinder service first came online. (Paul, bind won't break when this
goes back to normal will it?)

I just wanted to point out if anyone did something other than just
patching bind and moving on, consider the repercussions of Verisign
reverting or you might have your weekend plans averted to undo your
changes.

Gerald Coon