[Techtalk] Verisign wildcard DNS hijacks .net and .com for advertising purposes

[Jewelies]

>This is more a public service announcement than the start of a
>discussion but... 

>Point your browser at http://dfgdfgsfdgd.net/ or
>http://sfhjsjfhkshfjshdfjkhsdfhjsd.net/ or
>http://www.fdjlfdjkfdskdsfhjdsfhjdshdsfjkl.com/

>Those .net domains aren't registered... but they now point at a Verisign
>webpage rather than not resolving. Verisign has decided to use
>unregistered domains themselves.

>See http://advogato.org/article/707.html for a possible response to
>this: change the software to ignore Verisign's stupid DNS hijack.

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My first reaction to this is utter frustration.  How does Verisign get away with this?
Am I the only person who thinks is a blantant misuse of power?

-jewelies
"not quite lurking anymore..."