Hi - http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/delegation-only.html Carl > I've just got to ask... I am seeing news that BIND WILL BE patched with > this kind of support in it. > > Is this a sponsored patch, or is it just a random person posting a patch > - that if applied would have this functionality > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-ietf@ietf.org [mailto:owner-ietf@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Paul > Vixie > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 7:33 PM > To: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Asrg] Verisign: All Your Misspelling Are Belong To > Us] > > > > It is worth noting that if we are to "pass judgement against" Verisign > > > there are at least half-dozen other TLDs that blazed the trail. We > > just overlooked them because of their size as compared to .NET and > > .COM. > > when people started beating on my phone ringer about wildcards yesterday > evening, and screaming for patches to bind to somehow make it all > better, i asked "but other tld's do this, what's the big deal?" as near > as i can figure it, the problem is one of expectation. if someone signs > up for .nu they know there'll be a wildcard there before they sign, and > they can take appropriate precautions (like only using it for web or > e-mail, and not naming hosts under that tld). the expectations for .com > and .net to not have wildcards were all set many years ago, and it's the > violation of those expectations that's got people angry enough to > publish patchware about it. > -- > Paul Vixie > >