Re: What DNS Is Not

[David Ulevitch <davidu () everydns net>]

On 11/10/09 8:05 AM, John Peach wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:15:09 -0500
> David Ulevitch<davidu () everydns net>  wrote:
>
> > On 11/9/09 6:06 PM, Alex Balashov wrote:
> >
> > > Anything else is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. I don't understand how or
> > > why this could possibly be controversial.
> >
> > Because some people want the ability and choice to block DNS
> > responses they don't like; just as they have the ability and choice
> > to reject email they don't want to accept.
> >
> > When the conficker worms phones home to one of the 50,000 potential
> > domains names it computes each day, there are a lot of IT folks out
> > there that wish their local resolver would simply reject those DNS
> > requests so that infected machines in their network fail to phone
> > home.
> >
> > To use your language, I don't understand how or why this could
> > possibly be controversial.  --  Apparently it is.
>
> In which case, make your own nameserver authoritative for those
> domains; do not foist your own wishes on other people.

Umm... That's precisely what I've done.  Please read the thread.

-David