Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 18:17:04 +0100 From: Peter van Dijk <peter@dataloss.nl>
On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 11:06:15AM -0600, David Ulevitch wrote: [snip]
YAHOO.COM.IS.TRYING.TO.STEAL.YAHOO.VU.HOW.ACIDULOUS.COM YAHOO.COM.AINT.NOTHIN.COMPARED.TO.SAFESEARCH.COM YAHOO.COM [snip] Is this just someone at yahoo having fun with whois, or a more serious problem?
Those are people at safesearch.com and acidulous.com having fun with whois. Nothing serious.
Note that you'll see the same behavior with microsoft.com and other domains where people want to have a little fun. It's just a difference in the regex matching -- does it match "^string$" only (what you expected), or does it match "string" (when you see creative NS entries). Eddy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.