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Re: What *are* they smoking?

  • From: Richard A Steenbergen
  • Date: Mon Sep 15 19:18:55 2003 
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:56:57AM +0200, Niels Bakker wrote:
> 
> A wildcard A record in the net TLD.
> 
> $ host does.really-not-exist.net
> does.really-not-exist.net has address 64.94.110.11
> 
> $ host 64.94.110.11
> 11.110.94.64.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer sitefinder-idn.verisign.com
> 
> It even responds on port 25 (says 550 on every RCPT TO).  Gah.

I would say time to null route this horribly inappropriate scam, but it 
looks like a few cable modem providers have already done so, and I am no 
longer seeing it in the .com zone (but I still see it under .net).

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Richard A Steenbergen <[email protected]>       http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras
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