CentralNic Enables uk.com Wildcard DNS

JamesS writes "It appears that CentralNic has enabled wildcard DNS matching. Many Slashdot readers will remember the backlash aimed at Verisign the last time it did this nearly two years ago to the day, introducing SiteFinder to the world at large."

Comments

Re:Non-issue

[DaveCar]

Ditto. Seems more like a PR shill than news to me. Bad The Register! Surely you can't be descending to /. levels of trivia?

Let them wildcard - just make them pay

[wowbagger]

I say, let the registrars wildcard the domains. Just make them pay for the domains in the same way WE would - force them to pay US$15 (or whatever they charge) a year to a non-profit organization for the advancement of the Internet.

Let's see - they are wildcarding the domains, so what is the maximum length of any domain element, times the maximum number of domain elements in a domain request - then take the number of valid characters in a domain name to that power, and multiply by $15.

DaY-UM! We could buy a REALLY NICE next generation for that!

Re:Let them wildcard - just make them pay

[Nos.]

Try reading the article. Lets say you register: rtfa.com for $15USD. How much do you pay to then register idont.rtfa.com?

Re:xp

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't tell anyone I told you.

Re:TDLA wildcard

[RealityMogul]

Yeah, buts its all screwed up for other sites. Typing in "Whitehouse" takes me to the .gov site.

Re:Non-issue

[Anonymous Coward]

I read this comment and thought WTF does BFD mean, then I FGI and RTFM and realised I should STFU.

Re:TDLA wildcard

[fulldecent]

If you're actually trying to get to a site called Flubber Nuts, maybe you should be whispering.
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This Just In

[Anonymous Coward]

A decision by American timesuck website Slashdot to make all unregistered domains ending with "slashdot.org" direct to its own webpage has raised concerns over the future stability of the Internet.

No matter what domain you type in your browser (i.e. foo.bar.slashdot.org), you will redirected to Slashdot's own webpage, featuring advertising and a ridiculous number of duplicate front-page stories.

The benefit to slashdot.org is clear - increased sales and advertising revenue - but the system by which the redirection is carried out, called wildcard, has been criticised by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) of Internet overseeing organisation ICANN as putting the stability of the Internet at risk.

Wildcard == FUN!

[mcrbids]

My company frequently goes to industry shows and conferences, where we typically have a booth to demonstrate our wares to prospective clients.

We can NEVER count on an Internet connection, even when using a cellular network card - so we have a used laptop set up with the same software as on our public servers, configured with Linux, HTTP, DHCP, PostgreSQL, and DNS, connected to a hotspot. Effectively, the "Internet" that the hotspot is connected to consists solely of the laptop server. This way our salesforce can connect with their laptops and demonstrate our wares easily, while the server and hotspot sit in the corner somewheres near a power outlet. The DNS is wild-carded to our website hosted on said server. Even the user's homepage is co-opted, so if their homepage is goole or yahoo, it redirects automatically to our website.

It's quite funny when, at conferences, we hear people two booths down swear after connecting to our hotspot and all they can get to is our website! People have gotten *MAD* at us for "taking over the Internet"!!!