From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 14:46:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DFF916A4B3 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:46:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.akwireless.net (webmail.akwireless.net [192.189.218.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B9B943FAF for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:46:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dee@akwireless.net) Received: (qmail 4844 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2003 21:46:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO 192.168.0.3) (127.0.0.1) by 0 with SMTP; 17 Sep 2003 21:46:03 -0000 From: "W.D. McKinney" To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <48322287.20030917233959@blue.calx.nl> References: <20030917081828.GC43577@mccaffrey.house.so14k.com> <48322287.20030917233959@blue.calx.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1063835258.6538.245.camel@papa.wdm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3 Date: 17 Sep 2003 13:47:38 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Re[2]: Verisign fun. X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:46:05 -0000 I saw that on the ISC bind9-users list also. We have moved off our bind9 servers to djbdns a couple days agao and there are patches for that version also, but we have decided to let the dust settle as impact is minimal right now. I always say, "Only the experienced walk with a limp." Dee On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 13:39, Walter Hop wrote: > [in reply to secabeen@pobox.com, 17-9-2003] > > >> I don't know about you guys but the verisign redirecting all > >> unregistered .com/.net domains is annoying. Someone pointed this out to > >> me. > >> > >> http://achurch.org/bind-verisign-patch.html > > > > If you want to do something like this, here's the official ISC patch: > > > > http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/delegation-only.html > > If you do this patch, test it carefully. I have had serious resolution > problems with the patch on FreeBSD 4.8, and somebody else on bind9-users > with Solaris had the same. > > Unless you host applications or networks that break, I would suggest > waiting a few days to see if an updated version becomes available. > > I am nullrouting the IP addresses of Verisign's spam webservers for now. > > cheers, > walter