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Paul Vixie On What DNS Is Not

Posted by timothy on from the this-could-be-a-long-book dept.

CowboyRobot writes "Paul Vixie (AboveNet, ARIN, ISC, MAPS, PAIX) has a fresh rant titled What DNS Is Not about the abuses of the Domain Name Server system. 'What DNS is not is a mapping service or a mechanism for delivering policy-based information. DNS was designed to express facts, not policies. Because it works so well and is ubiquitous, however, it's all too common for entrepreneurs to see it as a greenfield opportunity ... a few years ago VeriSign, which operates the .COM domain under contract to ICANN, added a "wild card" to the top of the .COM zone (*.COM) so that its authoritative name servers would no longer generate NXDOMAIN responses. Instead they generated responses containing the address of SiteFinder's Web site — an advertising server.'"

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  1. frist by HomelessInLaJolla · · Score: -1, Troll

    psot

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  2. Sorry we didn't stay in your box by TommydCat · · Score: -1, Troll

    Isn't it funny how some parents can't seem to let go after the child has grown, especially when they greatly exceed expectation?

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