[GTER] verisign hijack *.net

[Hermann Wecke]

host atelefonicadontgiveashitprasreclamacoesdespam.net
atelefonicadontgiveashitprasreclamacoesdespam.net has address 64.94.110.11

crosspost de outra lista:

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:19:20 -0400
From: Alan Brown
To: SPAM-L at PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Subject: BLOCK: verisign hijack *.net !

more precisely, they've hijacked every single non-assigned .net
possibility. Apparently .com is to follow soon.

Any domain not assigned is now active and has A records pointing to a
website run by Verisign:

$ host highlyunlikelyjhjgjhgjhgjhgjhgjg.net
highlyunlikelyjhjgjhgjhgjhgjhgjg.net has address 64.94.110.11

$ whois highlyunlikelyjhjgjhgjhgjhgjhgjg.net

Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

No match for "HIGHLYUNLIKELYJHJGJHGJHGJHGJHGJG.NET".



The IP address is a verisgn redirect to a search engine. According to
posters to the DNSO list, Verisign are getting clickthrough fees.