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Blocking SiteFinder Service

Posted by timothy on from the masking-tape-on-monitor dept.

apankrat writes "Given VeriSign's position on wildcard redirection service, it looks like it's time for a simplier and more efficient ways of bringing things back to where they were. For those running BIND there is a patch; for those on the client side - there is a dnsfix for Windows and the usual iptables hackery under Linux. Aware of any other clean and easy ways to block wildcarding ? Post below."

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  1. I agree! by orthogonal · · Score: 2, Funny

    it looks like it's time for a simplier and more efficient ways

    And it looks like it's time for a simplier and more efficient way to spell-check submitted articles.

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  2. Re:As just one customer... by CptChipJew · · Score: 2, Funny

    Call customer service. I'm sure they can direct you to a feedback voice mailbox that they'll never listen to ;)

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  3. Block it? by MarkusQ · · Score: 2, Funny
    Block it? I'm looking for clever ways to jape it! I mean, it seems reasonable to assume they will be mining the data at some point...

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