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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones
ML> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 17:50:02 -0400 ML> From: Matt Larson <[email protected]> ML> VeriSign was directed by ICANN to suspend the Site Finder service by ML> 0100 UTC on Sunday, October 5. We requested an extension from ICANN ML> to give more notice to the community but were denied. We will be s,notice to the community,time to whine to the press, ML> removing the wildcard A records from the .com and .net zones beginning ML> at 2300 UTC on Saturday, October 4. The former behavior for these ML> zones (returning Name Error/RCODE=3 in response to queries for ML> nonexistent domain names) will be in place by 0100 UTC on Sunday, ML> October. Looks like Sitefinder is still running. Messy source code? Hairy domain database? Why the delay? Trying to squeeze out a few more bucks before the deadline, perhaps? Nahhh... of course not! Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : [email protected] -or- [email protected] -or- [email protected] Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.
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