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VeriSign Changes DNS Servers: No ASCII Needed

Posted by timothy on from the eggs-for-omelletes dept.

An anonymous reader points to this story at The Register and this one (in French) at news.yahoo, writing "VeriSign has made changes to the root DNS so that they handle non-ascii names (for .com and .net). Furthemore, an erroneous lookup results in getting a VeriSign IP, not an error message." An excerpt: "The IAB [Internet Architecture Board] feels that the system VeriSign had deployed for .com and .net contains significant DNS protocol errors, risks the further development of secure DNS, and confuses the resolution mechanisms of the DNS with application-based search systems."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Posted: 28/01/2003 at 08:22 GMT by You're+All+Wrong · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's now 02/02/2003 13:20:02 GMT

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  4. Buy Shuttle debris on ebay NOW ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



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    1. Re:Buy Shuttle debris on ebay NOW ! by shumacher · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I was watching the coverage yesterday on Fox. For those unfamiliar with Fox News, they have a ticker at the bottom of the screen that keeps viewers up to date with the most moronic news bits:
      NASA: Investigation will follow.
      NASA: We are all saddened.

      I appreciate that Fox is trying to keep people informed. Who wouldn't expect that everyone at NASA is saddened? Same here. eBay auctions for Shuttle debris. Do you think? What is the most obvious thing to happen following a tragedy that drops bits of spacecraft debris over rural Texas and Louisiana?

  5. Thanks! (MOD UP!) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    God Bliss the Fish!

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