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Re: Observation on SiteFinder

  • From: Steven M. Bellovin
  • Date: Mon Oct 20 15:07:52 2003 
In message <[email protected]>, "Ray Bellis" writes:
>
>Has it occurred to anyone else that the side effects of Verisign's
>wildcard record might have been very much reduced if the wildcard had
>only worked if the address being resolved actually started 'www.' ?
>
>Not that I ever want to see Verisign's abomination resurrected, of
>course...

>From the "Technical Adviser" column in today's Wall Street Journal:

	So, what kind of tips do the tipsters give you? Here's a
	typical one: Before you type in a Web address in your
	browser, in nearly all cases you don't need the "www "
	part; you'll be taken where you want to go without it. In
	other words, "microsoft.com" is the same as "www.microsoft.com."



		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb