El Diablo
18-09-2003, 01:28
So, Verisign think that just because they run .com and .net, they can take advantage and use the root servers to serve all *non-existent domains* in a manner which a) breaks the fundamentalities of the DNS; b) increases their visibility/accessibility/awareness in order to promote the sale of such domains; c) increases the simplicity for spammers to 'authenticate' their originating domain; d) overrides current configuration possibilities which allow users to define their own search engine for domains that cannot be resolved by their browsers; I could go on... but check this out:
All your web typos belong to us (tm) (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32852.html)
For a more defined picture, read:
Verisign's Wildcard A Records Breaking the Internet (http://s1.web.community.net.uk/verisign/wildcard.htm)
So, what are ISPs doing about this? Most appear to be in complete disagreement with the launch of this 'service' and are implementing methods to prevent their users from being taken down this route...
But whilst they may do this, the problem is not being fixed, they're simply replacing the wrongdoings of Verisign with their own messages to the people - although some are providing links to more popular web search engines, such as Google. It's not even as if the Verisign provided search engine is any good... To read an opinion and complaint aired by a UK ISP, read:
I T Consultancy Limited †“ Formal Complaint to ICANN (http://www.itconsult.co.uk/misc/icann17sep2003.htm)
... and what can you, the end user of the Internet do to air your dissatisfaction of the way in which Verisign are blatantly manipulising their position? ... Well... there is an online petition currently doing the rounds:
Stop Verisign DNS Abuse (http://www.petitiononline.com/icanndns/petition.html)
It also appears that the Internet Architecture Board [IAB] were consulted on this back in January, yet ICANN and Verisign appear to have taken no notice...
What happens next is anyone's guess, but Verisign are certainly becoming even more unpopular by the day...
Discuss...
:devsmoke:Request for Advice on VGRS IDN Announcement (http://www.iab.org/Documents/icann-vgrs-response.html)
All your web typos belong to us (tm) (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32852.html)
For a more defined picture, read:
Verisign's Wildcard A Records Breaking the Internet (http://s1.web.community.net.uk/verisign/wildcard.htm)
So, what are ISPs doing about this? Most appear to be in complete disagreement with the launch of this 'service' and are implementing methods to prevent their users from being taken down this route...
But whilst they may do this, the problem is not being fixed, they're simply replacing the wrongdoings of Verisign with their own messages to the people - although some are providing links to more popular web search engines, such as Google. It's not even as if the Verisign provided search engine is any good... To read an opinion and complaint aired by a UK ISP, read:
I T Consultancy Limited †“ Formal Complaint to ICANN (http://www.itconsult.co.uk/misc/icann17sep2003.htm)
... and what can you, the end user of the Internet do to air your dissatisfaction of the way in which Verisign are blatantly manipulising their position? ... Well... there is an online petition currently doing the rounds:
Stop Verisign DNS Abuse (http://www.petitiononline.com/icanndns/petition.html)
It also appears that the Internet Architecture Board [IAB] were consulted on this back in January, yet ICANN and Verisign appear to have taken no notice...
What happens next is anyone's guess, but Verisign are certainly becoming even more unpopular by the day...
Discuss...
:devsmoke:Request for Advice on VGRS IDN Announcement (http://www.iab.org/Documents/icann-vgrs-response.html)