[91273] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sitefinder II, the sequel...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Tue Jul 11 17:29:49 2006
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
To: Simon Waters <simonw@zynet.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <200607110906.56258.simonw@zynet.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Simon Waters wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 11 Jul 2006 07:19, Steve Sobol wrote:
> >
> > There's a big difference, of course, between INTENTIONALLY pointing your
> > computers at DNS servers that do this kind of thing, and having it done for
> > you without your knowledge and/or consent.
>
> Yes, one way you choose who breaks your DNS, the otherway Verisign break it
> for you.
Agreed!
If you break your own stuff, that's your own problem and does not raise
any of SiteFinder's issues. Even if an ISP uses this service, people can
still usually find another ISP or point their computers at other DNS
servers.
> I see no redeeming features of the service, or did I miss something?
I'm not arguing it's a good idea. I'm just saying it's not evil like
SiteFinder.
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