In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ray Bellis" writes:
>
>Has it occurred to anyone else that the side effects of Verisign's
>wildcard record might have been very much reduced if the wildcard had
>only worked if the address being resolved actually started 'www.' ?
>
>Not that I ever want to see Verisign's abomination resurrected, of
>course...
>From the "Technical Adviser" column in today's Wall Street Journal:
So, what kind of tips do the tipsters give you? Here's a
typical one: Before you type in a Web address in your
browser, in nearly all cases you don't need the "www "
part; you'll be taken where you want to go without it. In
other words, "microsoft.com" is the same as "www.microsoft.com."
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
