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: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.
</whisper>

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"!!!