On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Masataka Ohta wrote:
Wildcards are part of the DNS protocol.
You are still trying to confuse the system and a protocol in vain.
It is you who is struggling in vain. You and the rest of the reverse DNS
abusers are confused. They and you, have been proven wrong on this subject
on DNSOP and Namedroppers. They and you insist on making assumptions that
aren't true; Specifically, you insist that DNS queries, via DNS _protocol_
can be used to check if a domain exists. But such checks are based on
false assumptions. Nothing you can do or say can make this true, because
it is indisputably false. Even eliminating wildcards from the protocol
will not make this true. Your belief in this has the character of
religious zealotry, as you will not believe anything anyone says on the
subject, despite having had your assumptions so obviously and publicly
proven to be false. Even reducing the statements to the abstract logic
statements
DNS !-> Registration
Registration -> DNS
which are true, and consistent with actual and standardized behavior, you
can't accept the truth of these statements. But neither have you shown
them to be false. That is simple obstinancy. I cannot overcome that. No
one can. So there is little point to continuing this discussion.
Our concern is not merely on a protocol but on the DNS system as a whole.
Indeed. Then why do you insist on abusing reverse DNS to the point that
security vulnerabilities have been introduced, abuses have been well
documented and are severe problems, and the DNS working groups have
discussed removing Reverse DNS altogether to combat these problems and
abuses?
--Dean