-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is the exact scenario that I envision happening and have been complaining about. My operations and tech support staff will become bogged down in this mess, probably to the extent that I have to augment staff. Add in the phone bill and other overhead costs... Suddenly I'm paying out a LOT of money just so a bunch of VCs can make a money grab. tim
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Chris Davis Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 15:23 To: 'nanog@merit.edu' Subject: I've just tried new.net's plugin. Don't.
I downloaded their plug-in and then:
ping www.bull.shit
here's what happened
std query for www.bull.shit against my name server fails std query for www.bull.shit.computerjobs.com against my name server failes wins query for www.bull.shit fails netbios broadcast for www.bull.shit fails x1 netbios broadcast for www.bull.shit fails x2 netbios broadcast for www.bull.shit fails x3 std query for www.bull.shit against my name server fails std query for www.bull.shit.computerjobs.com against my name server failes wins query for www.bull.shit fails netbios broadcast for www.bull.shit fails x1 netbios broadcast for www.bull.shit fails x2 netbios broadcast for www.bull.shit fails x3 std query for searchpages.newdotnet.net response NS is searchpages.newdotnet.net, IP 64.208.49.135 echo reply from 64.208.49.135 echo reply from 64.208.49.135 echo reply from 64.208.49.135
So, I pinged a nonexistent domain name and got replies from test.new-net.vegas.idealab.com, 64.208.49.135
C:\>ping asldj.asogh.asdlfj
Pinging test.new-net.vegas.idealab.com [64.208.49.135] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.208.49.135: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=244 Reply from 64.208.49.135: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=244 Reply from 64.208.49.135: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=244 Reply from 64.208.49.135: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=244
Seems that everything in the world not ending with an ICANN TLD goes to 64.208.49.135. Have a look at http://64.208.49.135
Let's role play: German Customer: "I can't access the Bank of America site. I get something called Google" NOC: "Can you ping www.bankofamerica.com?" German Customer: "Yes" { pinging www.bankofamerika.kom } NOC "Well, you have connectivity since you can ping it. Let's see what else could be wrong. You get Google, you say???"
Now, tell me that's OK.
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