[IP] more on Bug fixes ISC to Cut Off Site Finder

[Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Delivered-To: dfarber+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:47:08 +1000
> From: Andrew Pam <xanni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IP] ISC to Cut Off Site Finder
> To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 07:27:29PM -0400, Dave Farber wrote:
> > >Delivered-To: dfarber+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:16:16 -0700
> > >From: "Jeff E. Kinzli" <jk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: ISC to Cut Off Site Finder
> > >To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60473,00.html
> > >
> > >"VeriSign's controversial "typo-squatting" Site Finder service is about
> > >to be bypassed by an emergency software patch to many of the Internet's
> > >backbone computers.
> > >
> > >The Internet Software Consortium, a nonprofit that publishes BIND, the
> > >software that runs many of the Net's domain name servers, is about to
> > >release an emergency patch to block VeriSign's new Site Finder service."
>
> Patches for a variety of software are available here:
>
> http://www.imperialviolet.org/dnsfix.html
>
> Hope that helps,
>                 Andrew Pam
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> mailto:xanni@xxxxxxxxxx                         Andrew Pam
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