This was posted directly to Nanog by someone at Verisign. Please don't shoot the messanger -- word has it that Matt is a good guy, trying to work things from the inside. I will attach one of the best responses from Nanog below this:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 17:50:02 -0400 From: Matt Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones VeriSign was directed by ICANN to suspend the Site Finder service by 0100 UTC on Sunday, October 5. We requested an extension from ICANN to give more notice to the community but were denied. We will be removing the wildcard A records from the .com and .net zones beginning at 2300 UTC on Saturday, October 4. The former behavior for these zones (returning Name Error/RCODE=3 in response to queries for nonexistent domain names) will be in place by 0100 UTC on Sunday, October. Matt -- Matt Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> VeriSign Naming and Directory Services --------- Response ------- >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 4 09:24:00 2003 Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 18:15:21 -0400 (AST) From: Ryan Dobrynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Removal of wildcard A records from .com and .net zones to give more notice to the.... hehe.. i think i just wet my pants..
