BIND developer blocks Verisign Net grab move

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  1. Phil
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    [​IMG]<font size="3">BIND developer blocks Verisign Net grab move</font>

    The developer of the technology used to direct surfers on the Web has announced it is developing a workaround designed to stop users who mistype URLs ending up at VeriSign's new search site.

    The Internet Software Consortium, the nonprofit body that develops the ubiquitous BIND domain name server, is adapting its software so that those users who enter mistyped domain names would not automatically end up at VeriSign's Site Finder search engine service, AP reports. The patch could be available as early as today.

    DNS servers running the modified version of BIND would recognise - and ignore - wrongly typed addresses that resolve to Site Finder.

    The controversy kicked off on Monday, when Verisign added wildcard DNS records to all .com and .net domains - redirecting surfers who get lost on the Net to a search page, called Site Finder, run by the company. Those who type in non-existent addresses will also be served up Site Finder, instead of an error message. Verisign isn't saying how much it expects to make from selling advertising on this site.

    Source: www.theregister.co.uk
     
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    1. flex22
      flex22
      Really.I wonder why that is then, hmmm.

      Thanks for the update Phil. :thumbleft

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