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Verisign Speeds Up DNS Updates

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the creating-throwaway-domains-now-much-faster dept.

Changeling writes "According to Matt Larson, a representative of VeriSign Naming and Directory Services, on September 8, 2004 Verisign will be switching from performing 2 updates per day of the .com and .net zones to performing updates every few seconds. According to Matt, 'After the rapid DNS update is implemented, the elapsed time from registrars' add or change operations to the visibility of those adds or changes in all 13 .com/.net authoritative name servers is expected to average less than five minutes." Full story can be found here."

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  1. Re:Domain Name Portablity... by icebike · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What this also means is more rapid moves for spammers.

    As new domains can be brought on line instantly, they can switch source names in both the mail headers and embedded URLs and thereby more nimbly evade DNS based spam detection methods such as the newer methods (such as SURBL: http://www.surbl.org )in the upcoming Spamassassin 3.0.

    There are others who are interested in quickly moving web sites from place to place, and most of them are up to no good, Such as warez, pirate, and terrorist sites etc.

    Legit moves of a company's website are rare, and usually accomplished with prior planning, leaving the old site it place till the new site is established, and the transition is smooth and no mail is lost.

    Sometimes a little inerta is a good thing.

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  2. suxors by mklutz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, too bad Verisign sucks, especially in comparison to other, more user and wallet-friendly DNS services...