[linuxiran] verisign DNS modification

[Arash Partow]

Greetings to all...

This e-mail is mainly for people involved in ISP or management of 
ISPs, as of today verisign has modifed the DNS TLD for wildcards, 
in short if you enter an incorrect domain name instead of getting a 
404 error you will be routed to a verisign site (more info can be 
found anywhere on the net) 

Admins should take note of this misuse of power and attempt to block 
the routed verisign ip from their locally cached DNSs  and secondary 
level DNSs (if they are in-charge of maintaining one) and instead return 
the normal 404 back to the end node. 
 
If anyone needs help doing this I can help with server configs running 
bsd, debian and windows server 2000-2003, so just send me a line.


Arash


PS: the url to the routed site is: sitefinder.verisign.com
       IP                                  : 64.94.110.11

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