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ISC to Cut Off Site Finder


From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:27:29 -0400


Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:16:16 -0700
From: "Jeff E. Kinzli" <jk () employees org>
Subject: ISC to Cut Off Site Finder
To: dave () farber net

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Dave, for IP, if you so please...

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60473,00.html

"VeriSign's controversial "typo-squatting" Site Finder service is about
to be bypassed by an emergency software patch to many of the Internet's
backbone computers.

The Internet Software Consortium, a nonprofit that publishes BIND, the
software that runs many of the Net's domain name servers, is about to
release an emergency patch to block VeriSign's new Site Finder service."

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