] The SRV RR allows administrators to use several servers
] for a single domain, to move services from host to host
] with little fuss, and to designate some hosts as primary
] servers for a service and others as backups.

Unfortunately, noone uses them. I claim that the main reason for this is the lack of support in (free (not GPL)) resolver libraries. I have a minimally working implementation that I will probably release under a BSDish license in the next few days.

SRV records might, for example, make sitefinder much less bad; if the wildcard were

*.com IN SRV host=sitefinder.verisign.com port=80 priority=1 weight=1

rather than

*.com IN A ...

I expect that the effects would be much less disruptive, i.e. browsers would be redirected but everything else would not.

So first, we have to get resolvers out there and then we need to get software fixed. Who's with me?

A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV) (RFC2782)

djbdns has a reputation among some as having performance and scalability problems. I have worked with djbdns extensively and am aware of no such issues. I'd like to hear from people who think there are problems so that either I can try to set the record straight or I can discover problems that I've been unaware of.

]
] On October 16, 2003, VeriSign announced the sale of its
] Network Solutions (NSI) business unit three years after
] its purchase from SAIC. This is a report on the
] historical snapshot of Network Solutions and a collection
] of commentaries made in response to this event.

Some good comments here.

Reaction to VeriSign-NSI Break Up

] "If and when it is proven their claims are correct, then
] that is a different matter. At this point for SCO to
] threaten invoices on a product they have not proven to own
] is nothing short of extortion," said one anonymous
] reader. "The real reason they continue to stymie, balk
] and otherwise carry on with nonsense is they know they
] have no valid case. It is their hope they can find an
] appropriate court environment to hijack Linux."

Extortion is the word...

SearchEnterpriseLinux.com | McBride: Investment strengthens SCO's IP fight

My landline rang yesterday morning ... was someone conducting a survey on domain registrars. So rather than hang up on them, I said "ok."

It became fairly clear that I was on their list because I had transferred a domain away from v$/nsi in the past few months (gloop.org -- sort of a long story why I hadn't moved it sooner). So

I took the opportunity to stick it to v$/nsi -- "No, I didn't switch just because of price and even if their price were competitive, I still wouldn't switch back."

Big question: who paid for this survey? v$/nsi? The corporate raiders who just bought nsi from v$?

blah blah blah

SCO extends Linux licence offer

]
] The SCO Group, which has sued IBM for more than $3
] billion and claims that Linux is an unauthorized
] derivative of Unix, on Thursday said it had received a
] $50 million cash boost in a private investment deal led
] by BayStar Capital, an investment fund.

Ugh...

SCO Gains $50 Million Cash Boost

] VeriSign is to relaunch Site Finder, its highly
] controversial domain typo redirection service.
]
] VeriSign suspended Site Finder earlier this month,
] following an order from ICANN, the Net governing body,
] which claimed the company was in breach of its terms of
] operation.

Sigh...

The Register -- V$ to relaunch sitefinder

Mozilla 1.5 released!

Mozilla 1.5

]
] WASHINGTON -- Regulators adopted rules Thursday to
] promote the development of a new wireless technology that
] can send large amounts of information between buildings
] without the need to dig up streets to lay cables.

Anyone know any more about this?

Newsday.com - FCC Adopts Rules for Wireless Technology