OT: Verizon wildcarding DNS

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 01:49:30PM -0500, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> True, but it would be nice of the to, at least, let you know that
> they're going to offer this "service", without hiding the "opt-out"
> link

"...in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with
a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'", yes.

> >It *is* an entirely different category of thing, though, than
> >Sitefinder: this affects only customer resolver servers, only for your
> >ISP, and you can get around it.
> >
> >Sitefinder affected the *zone servers for .com*, and there was thence
> >no way *to* get around it; several orders of magnitude worse.
> 
> True, though it's just as annoying when you first find out.

Sure.

Cheers,
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