All .COM / .NET domain names now exist

[Travis Roy]

http://www.hinterlands.org/ver/txt/

seems it is possible to opt out as well..



> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org
> [mailto:gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org]On Behalf Of Travis Roy
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 8:18 AM
> To: bscott at ntisys.com; Greater NH Linux User Group
> Subject: RE: All .COM / .NET domain names now exist
>
>
> >   This will have the immediate effect of making network trouble-shooting
> > much more difficult.  Before, a mis-typed domain name in an
> email address,
> > web browser, or other network configuration item would result in
> > an obvious
> > error message.  You might not have known what to do about it,
> but at least
> > you knew something was wrong.  Now, though, you will have to
> guess.  Every
> > time.
>
> Well, while it's not a browser error message what Verisign spits out makes
> it quite clear that the domain is not an owned/valid one:
>
> We didn't find: "www.sadfjiasjddlksfjlaksdjflkas.com"
> There is no Web site at this address.
>
> >   Some have pointed out that this will make an important anti-spam check
> > impossible.  A common anti-spam measure is to check and make sure
> > the domain
> > name of the sender really exists.  (While this is easy to force, every
> > little bit helps.)  Since all .COM and .NET domain names now exist, that
> > anti-spam check is useless.
>
> Can't you just check for a valid MX record? I know that's what
> most ISPs are
> doing now.
>
> "host -t MX scootz.net" Returns:
> scootz.net mail is handled by 0 mail.scootz.net.
>
> "host -t MX sadfjiasjddlksfjlaksdjflkas.com" Returns nothing
>
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