Root Server Operators (Re: What *are* they smoking?)
Sean Donelan
sean at donelan.com
Wed Sep 17 04:48:09 UTC 2003
On 17 Sep 2003, Paul Vixie wrote:
> > Anyone have a magic named.conf incantation to counter the verisign
> > braindamage?
>
> zone "com" { type delegation-only; };
> zone "net" { type delegation-only; };
>
> > Or does this require a patch to bind?
>
> yes, it does. to be released shortly.
With enough levels of indirection any computing problem can be solved.
So, Verisign just returns a NS pointer to another name server Verisign
controls which then answers the queries with Verisign's "helpful" web
site.
Half-life of the patch: 1 day?
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