[CLUE-Tech] How to Thwart Verisign's Latest DNS Trickery

[Adam Bultman]

> 
> <quote>
> As of a little while ago (it is around 7:45 PM US Eastern on Mon 15 Sep
> 2003 as I write this), VeriSign added a wildcard A record to the .COM and
> .NET TLD DNS zones. The IP address returned is 64.94.110.11, which
> reverses to sitefinder.verisign.com. What that means in plain English is
> that most mis-typed domain names that would formerly have resulted in a
> helpful error message now results in a VeriSign advertising opportunity.
> For example, if my domain name was 'somecompany.com,' and somebody typed
> 'soemcompany.com' by mistake, they would get VeriSign's advertising.
> </quote>

This activity caused *significant* problems for me starting around noon.  
Beautifully enough, it manifested itself in the inability to print for 
plenty o' customers.  Stupid old-skool UNIX!

Stupid verisign, too.

Adam