17 Sep
2003
17 Sep
'03
12:48 a.m.
On 17 Sep 2003, Paul Vixie wrote:
Anyone have a magic named.conf incantation to counter the verisign braindamage?
zone "com" { type delegation-only; }; zone "net" { type delegation-only; };
Or does this require a patch to bind?
yes, it does. to be released shortly.
With enough levels of indirection any computing problem can be solved. So, Verisign just returns a NS pointer to another name server Verisign controls which then answers the queries with Verisign's "helpful" web site. Half-life of the patch: 1 day?