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How lame is this? Try resolving a non-existent domain name:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
akajslkjashdaskd.com. 15M IN A 64.94.110.11

Which is:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
11.110.94.64.in-addr.arpa. 3m9s IN PTR sitefinder-idn.verisign.com.

Bah. This is going to cause no end of problems.

ETA: Here’s a patch for djbdns.
ETA2: More Verisign countermeasures here.

Written by nick

September 16th, 2003 at 9:59 am

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5 Responses to 'Verisign'

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  1. I think I speak for everyone when I say
    huh?

    wes

    16 Sep 03 at 4:13 pm

  2. Try typing in any non-existent domain name into your browser, see what happens.

    nick

    16 Sep 03 at 4:15 pm

  3. Makes more sense when you actually read the article on /.

    Damn my impatience :/

    wes

    17 Sep 03 at 9:24 am

  4. I didn’t think this would affect me because of the way the Internet is set up at work, but I got my first Verisign ’search page’ today.. Bastards.

    Andrew

    Andrew

    22 Sep 03 at 10:47 pm

  5. http://www.icann.org/correspondence/twomey-to-lewis-03oct03.htm

    Verisign mostly defeated!

    Andrew

    13 Oct 03 at 8:14 am