North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: I've just tried new.net's plugin. Don't.
> From: Kevin Loch [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:21 AM > > So the plug-in does *not* change which dns server you query. > if a query fails against your normal name server it > just appends .newdotnet.net or, if that fails, makes stuff up. > > Of course if your regular resolver server was a UDNS server or > Earthlink or an ISP that adopted the new.net TLD's you > would have found an A record for pie.shop with or without > the plug-in. > > This also means that if your reguler resolver server had > your own private .shop zone (perhaps empty), that would > take precedence for regular and plug-in queries for that TLD. This is cute. It also means that, if your zone server carried the ORSC root-zone, the SHOP TLD, in the ORSC root-zone, would take precedence. Simon, maybe you don't have to talk to them at all <evil grin>. The best defense is for ISPs to start carrying the ORSC zone file.
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