Re: Verisign abusing .COM/.NET monopoly, BIND releases new

[Brian Hatch <full-disclosure () ifokr org>]

> Actually I figured out how to use it to my advantage. I query "." which 
> is my own DNS server of course as a ip4r blacklist and if the IP for 
> verisign's site is returned then I give the spam a very high score. Any 
> domain that doesn't exist would fail this, but any other domain would 
> not return that IP, but rather the proper IP.  I'm still pissed at 
> Verisign, but I always try to turn a problem in to an opportunity so 
> now I'm using their greed to block spam.

Hey, here's another example.  Since they list other urls that
you may have wanted, it's a good way to find similar existing
domains, without you ever issuing your own whois/etc queries.

And I like the irony of them performing the service for you.

--
Brian Hatch                  "Strategic analysts in Earthdome
   Systems and                have indicated they don't know
   Security Engineer          who this new race might be, but
http://www.ifokr.org/bri/     promise to find out."

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