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Verisign Typosquatter Explorer

jelyon quotes Seth Finkelstein's website "I have written a program " Verisign Typosquatter Explorer" in order to examine [the Verisign] suggestions [for mistyped domains]. Future data may be analyzed as interest permits. Note tests with some domains seem to return results which are not constant, i.e. differences when the program is run repeatedly. This is not a program bug. Reloading the Verisign page also changes which squat-suggested domains are displayed. I don't believe it's an advertising rotation, but the behavior is similar to that practice."

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  1. It's not a bug... by ArmedLemming · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I don't believe it's an advertising rotation..."

    It's a feature!

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  2. They need this suggestion by doggkruse · · Score: 4, Funny
  3. Re:With all the stuff flying in IT today by keester · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, let's do it. We'll start with a biological attack on the whole planet ... wait ... who's that ... is that you, NSA? Oh shit!

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  4. Weird.. by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    If I make a type for "slashdot" such as salhsdtot.com it suggests goatse.cx as a top candidate. That's some pretty smart AI VeriSign has.

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  5. no response by bendawg · · Score: 2, Funny

    I cannot get to 64.94.110.11.
    Either it is not responding, or our network is blocking it.

  6. Re:Congratulations by Seth+Finklestein · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll be back, motherfuckers.

    I bet Michael Sims was DDOSing me.

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  7. DNS DDoS by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 2, Funny

    If a large number of /.ers were to run a short script that tried to resolve random nonexistent domains, how long would it be before the root servers crashed?

    Don't forget, YOU would not have done anything but asked your ISP's DNS for info. IT will be the one /.ing the root servers.

    Not that I suggest you do this.

  8. 99.99999999% of all domains now run Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because sitefinder-idn.verisign.com runs Linux, and now 99.99999999% of all domains now point to it, almost 100% of the Internet is now running Linux!

  9. Re:With all the stuff flying in IT today by rot26 · · Score: 2, Funny

    And you'd just have to do it all over again in 15-20 years, since that's exactly how the current net started.

    Nah, it wouldn't be nearly as hard the second time around. It's like the project I worked on for a year... the day of the demo, I tripped and broke my computer, and by coincidence, all of my backups burned up in a fire because the network weenie was freebasing again. Anyway, I rewrote the whole thing in 7 minutes using nothing but Perl scripts and a bobby pin and it was ever better than before.

    Mod it down, I have so much karma that it makes my nipples constantly hard... it's becoming embarassing.

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  10. verisign-grs contact info by HardCase · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the verisign-grs.com WHOIS:

    Administrative Contract:
    VERISIGN GLOBAL REGISTRY SERVICES rcc@verisign.com
    21345 Ridgetop Circle
    Dulles, VA 20166
    US
    703-742-0400 fax: 703-421-6703

    Dunno how correct it is...god forbid that Verisign should put incorrect info in the whois database.

  11. Re:petition by MegaFur · · Score: 2, Funny
    I would like to see just one online petition that has carried any weight. It's the height of "slacktivism".(emphasis mine)

    Sweet. That's an excelent term. It's tempting to write a great, big essay bemoaning slacktivism, but I can't because I am a slacktivist.

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