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Date:      Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:22:20 -0400
From:      Michael Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, jdp@polstra.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, dan@langille.org
Subject:   Re: Any workarounds for Verisign .com/.net highjacking?
Message-ID:  <20030917002219.GC84494@wombat.localnet>
In-Reply-To: <20030917001810.GA84494@wombat.localnet>
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* Michael Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org> [030916 20:21]:
> * M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> [030916 20:12]:
> > I think we should put a filter for this nonsense into the base
> > system.  Hack the resolve to filter out the adddress, and hack bind to
> > filter it out too.  that way we can leverage our position in the name
> > servers in the world to do something about this BS.
>=20
> ISC claims they'll have a patch ready for the stock BIND sometime in the
> next few days for this.  All we need to do is import it :)

In particular, see:

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030916/D7TJOF3G0.html

"Though running the software update is optional, Vixie expects many
customers will. The consortium was testing the patch Tuesday and planned
to release it by Wednesday."

--Mike



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