Re: What *are* they smoking?

[Matthew Crocker <matthew () crocker com>]

On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 07:11 PM, George William Herbert 
wrote:

> > > A wildcard A record in the net TLD.
> >
> > It's Verisign's return shot at the web browser "couldn't find this 
> > page"
> > searches.  Doesn't seem to have much by way of advertising yet, but 
> > I'm
> > sure that'll change.  I heard about this coming from somewhere last 
> > week,
> > though I don't recall where.  Probably Wired or the WSJ.  Verisign 
> > wants
> > the revenue that all those typos are generating.  It's just the next 
> > shot
> > in the eyeball war.
>
> This is sufficiently technically and business slimy that
> I would null-route that IP, personally.

Nah, just route it to a Linux box with transparent proxy and show your 
own 'Websites-R-Us' page to your customers.