Re: [ga] .et wildcarded

[Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Dr. Joe and all,
>
>  I believe what we have here is an argument centered in the
> appropriateness of when and when not to use wildcarding.
>  
Yes I agree.  There are technical issues and policy issue.  
Unfortunately what we need these days is better technical control of 
namespace and policy just mucks it up.  Thats why we have som much error 
in the namespace.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/05/dud_queries_swamp_us_internet/

I rest my case.

cheers
joe baptista

>  Ted made a good but not all inclusive point earlier on this
> thread.  Does his point apply to .et?  I don't know for
> a certanty, but as .et has been a troublesome ccTLD in the
> past due mainly to poor DNS security, it would not be surprising
> to me that .et being wildcarded was a half measure attempt
> to thwart hackers.  Better, would have been to have DNSSEC
> installed correctly. 
>
> From my own perspective, I have concern regarding the child
> poronography spam I recieve and have been occasionally duped
> into from .com domains.  In fact it has gotten rather serious.  
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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>
> > From: Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Nov 20, 2007 1:47 AM
> > To: Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> GA" 
> > <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [ga] .et wildcarded
> >
> > Ross Rader wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > On 18-Nov-07, at 9:17 PM, Joe Baptista wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Wildcards in fact are a good thing from the dns perspective.  They  
> > > > reduce overall traffic to the zone.
> > > >        
> > > That's ridiculous.
> > >
> > > Who says reducing traffic to the zone is a good thing?
> > >      
> > reducing error is always good
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/05/dud_queries_swamp_us_internet/
> >
> > a 98% error rate is not good.
> >
> > cheers
> > joe baptista
> >
> >    
> >
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