Search Again: Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? From: Mia''s Virtual Post Office Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 Time: 5:18:49 pm On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 06:51 PM, Joe D'Andrea wrote: > At 6:32 PM -0500 9/16/03, Mia's Virtual Post Office wrote: >> ...that is cause we are not using DNS. We just added a static route >> for 64.94.110.11 to a server on our network.. Much simpler, no >> collateral damage and very efficient. So to see this work you would >> need be on our network. > > OK... so your users don't get Verisign's ad^h^hsearch page. Instead of > null routing it, why not route it to your own ad^h^hsearch page. We did.. see my latest follow up response.. We initially did all this with DNS, but it was complicated, time consuming and would lead to numerous problems, especially if things changed on the host name/zone front in verisign land. Simple adding a static route for 64.94.110.11 causes any redirect to that IP to end up on our server with our nifty custom page. > > But there will be collateral damage for mistyped e-mail, no? If I'm on > your network and accidentally send an e-mail to > "me@nonexistantdomain.com" then that message will sit in your queue > attempting to be delivered until it expires. Under a correctly > configured system, I would get that message back as a bounce > immediately. That serves the purpose of letting me know that my > message didn't get through and it doesn't clog up your MTA. We thought of that, so if it does end up here, it does not sit in the queue as we have told our mail server to immediately bounce any bad domain name. It will get the usual 550. > > The other collateral damage, which may or may not apply to you is that > SMTP servers that rely on Verify Return Path (SIMS, Communigate) are > not rendered useless as all return paths are valid. (at least for .com > and .net). > I'm not sure I follow on this one. Please elaborate. thanx! Regards, Jeremy Anthony Kinsey e-mail: jer@mia.net ________________________________________________________ Bella Mia, Inc. www.mia.net 401 Host Drive www.dslone.com Lake Geneva, WI. 53147 www.hostdrive.com Phone: (262)248-6759 www.bella-mia.com Fax: (262)248-6959 www.thednsplace.com

Messages In This Thread: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Stonewall Ballard on Sep 16, 2003 at 10:49:39 am Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Sep 16, 2003 at 11:27:16 am Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Joe D''Andrea on Sep 16, 2003 at 4:25:26 pm Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Sep 16, 2003 at 4:35:43 pm Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Joe D''Andrea on Sep 16, 2003 at 4:56:54 pm Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Sep 16, 2003 at 5:02:23 pm Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Men & Mice Support on Sep 16, 2003 at 5:13:54 pm Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Sep 16, 2003 at 5:18:49 pm Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Stonewall Ballard on Sep 16, 2003 at 6:17:43 pm Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Men & Mice Support on Sep 16, 2003 at 6:29:19 pm Re: Working around Verisign power-grab? by Adam Dennis on Sep 16, 2003 at 7:37:34 pm