What are they smoking?

Mon Sep 15 23:02:51 UTC 2003

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, 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
>
> It even responds on port 25 (says 550 on every RCPT TO).  Gah.

It's Verisign's return shot at the web browser "couldn't find this page"
searches.  Doesn't seem to have much by way of advertising yet, but I'm
sure that'll change.  I heard about this coming from somewhere last week,
though I don't recall where.  Probably Wired or the WSJ.  Verisign wants
the revenue that all those typos are generating.  It's just the next shot
in the eyeball war.

Tim Wilde

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Tim Wilde
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Systems Administrator
Dynamic DNS Network Services
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What *are* they smoking?

What are they smoking?