As of this morning, any misspelled or unregistered domain will now resolve to verisign's site (sitefinder.verisign.com).
Server: 64.69.64.7
Address: 64.69.64.7#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com
Address: 64.94.110.11
[root@gossamer root]# nslookup 64.94.110.11
Server: 64.69.64.7
Address: 64.69.64.7#53
Non-authoritative answer:
11.110.94.64.in-addr.arpa name = sitefinder-idn.verisign.com.
[root@gossamer root]#
This is really pretty scummy, and a new low for Verisign. Lots of implications here (Spam processing that looks at whether domain exists, people's mail errors will now be different -- no longer domain does not exist, but rather, no mx record, or on some servers, it will try and deliver to the a record).
Cheers,
Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.
Code:
[root@gossamer root]# nslookup aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com Server: 64.69.64.7
Address: 64.69.64.7#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com
Address: 64.94.110.11
[root@gossamer root]# nslookup 64.94.110.11
Server: 64.69.64.7
Address: 64.69.64.7#53
Non-authoritative answer:
11.110.94.64.in-addr.arpa name = sitefinder-idn.verisign.com.
[root@gossamer root]#
This is really pretty scummy, and a new low for Verisign. Lots of implications here (Spam processing that looks at whether domain exists, people's mail errors will now be different -- no longer domain does not exist, but rather, no mx record, or on some servers, it will try and deliver to the a record).
Cheers,
Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.
Verisign takes over all domains