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Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones
From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam () noc everquick net>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 05:08:17 +0000 (GMT)
ML> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 17:50:02 -0400 ML> From: Matt Larson <mlarson () verisign com> ML> VeriSign was directed by ICANN to suspend the Site Finder service by ML> 0100 UTC on Sunday, October 5. We requested an extension from ICANN ML> to give more notice to the community but were denied. We will be s,notice to the community,time to whine to the press, ML> removing the wildcard A records from the .com and .net zones beginning ML> at 2300 UTC on Saturday, October 4. The former behavior for these ML> zones (returning Name Error/RCODE=3 in response to queries for ML> nonexistent domain names) will be in place by 0100 UTC on Sunday, ML> October. Looks like Sitefinder is still running. Messy source code? Hairy domain database? Why the delay? Trying to squeeze out a few more bucks before the deadline, perhaps? Nahhh... of course not! Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist () brics com -or- alfra () intc net -or- curbjmp () intc net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.
Current thread:
- Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Matt Larson (Oct 03)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Matt Levine (Oct 03)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Peter Galbavy (Oct 04)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Mark Vallar (Oct 04)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Suresh Ramasubramanian (Oct 04)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Peter Galbavy (Oct 04)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Matt Levine (Oct 03)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Petri Helenius (Oct 03)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Ryan Dobrynski (Oct 03)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Adam Kujawski (Oct 03)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Tom (UnitedLayer) (Oct 03)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Brian Bruns (Oct 03)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones E.B. Dreger (Oct 03)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Hank Nussbacher (Oct 04)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Jay Hennigan (Oct 04)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Brian Bruns (Oct 05)
- Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 05)