RE: ISC to build dns patch against Verisign's change...

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

I guess I got misguided by the text:
>                                             ......  is
> writing an "urgent patch" for Internet service providers and others
> who want to block customers from a new Site Finder service ...

which seems to say "for ISPs who want to block customers..."

Thanks,
Bert 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Huston [mailto:gih@telstra.net]
> Sent: woensdag 17 september 2003 5:02
> To: Wijnen, Bert (Bert); 'Steve Bellovin'; iesg@ietf.org; iab@ietf.org
> Subject: RE: ISC to build dns patch against Verisign's change...
> 
> 
> ?
> 
> But this is not an ISP block - its a patch to a name resolver
> to ignore gratuitous wildcards in certain tlds. If you field
> this patched resolver you can indeed implement your choice.
> Is this not precisely what you say you want?
> 
>     Geoff
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:22 AM 17/09/2003 +0200, Wijnen, Bert (Bert) wrote:
> >Mmm... although I do not like what Verisign is doing, I would
> >also not want my ISP to BLOCK anything in this realm. I would
> >rather have a tool that lets me as an individual or company
> >decide what I want to do when I mistype a domain name.
> >Does that not make sense?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Bert
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Steve Bellovin [mailto:smb@research.att.com]
> > > Sent: dinsdag 16 september 2003 23:51
> > > To: iesg@ietf.org; iab@ietf.org
> > > Subject: ISC to build dns patch against Verisign's change...
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/1000588p-7
> > > 026637c.html
> > >
> > > eveloper provides patch to block VeriSign's Site Finder service
> > >
> > >
> > > By ANICK JESDANUN, AP INTERNET WRITER
> > >
> > > NEW YORK (AP) - The developer of software that essentially guides
> > > Web surfers sought Tuesday to neutralize a controversial service
> > > designed to help users who mistype Internet addresses.
> > >
> > > The Internet Software Consortium, the nonprofit organization that
> > > develops BIND software for Internet domain name directories, is
> > > writing an "urgent patch" for Internet service providers 
> and others
> > > who want to block customers from a new Site Finder service from
> > > VeriSign Inc.
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > >               --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
> > >
> > >
> > >
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