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Message-ID: <200309171928.02623.anub-full.disclosure.200309@open.mine.nu>
From: anub-full.disclosure.200309 at open.mine.nu (Christopher Kruslicky)
Subject: Verisign abusing .COM/.NET monopoly, BIND releases new

On Wednesday 17 September 2003 03:13, Michael Renzmann wrote:

> Yeah, seams like that. For example, the (I think) non-existant
> dulladulladulla.net resolves to 64.94.110.11, as well as
> bollabollabolla.net or verisignsucks.net. So blocking any DNS reply
> containing this IP could be a way to prevent that Verisign "commercial
> break".


And just to make the whole thing a little funnier, they've decided not to 
resolve verisignsucks.com anymore =)

$ host verisignsucks.com
Host verisignsucks.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

$ host verisignsucksdonkeyballs.com
verisignsucksdonkeyballs.com has address 64.94.110.11