I think it will be taken care of based on this I saw on the tlug list:
<from tlug>
> Have any mail admins out there noticed a direct knock-on effect of
> Verislime's latest prank (adding wildcards to the .com and .net GTLD
> nameservers)?
> Obviously, one can no longer reject mail based on a non-existant FROM
> address in the SMTP envelope because all domains now exist from a DNS
> point
> of view.
>
Actually don't worry the BIND root servers are being patched to kill off
this the work around would take you longer than waiting for the BIND
roots to be updated (which will kill off Verisigns B.S.)
> Reminder: any non-existant domain name under .com and .net now resolves
> to
> 64.94.110.11, where there's a webserver redirecting browsers to
> sitefinder.verisign.com [12.158.80.10] giving the viewer a nice ad for
> Verisign.
you could always fight back for a quick hack and block all email that
resolves to verisigns IPs (opps you did that below)
</from tlug>
>
> What DNS server does DOCOMO use I wonder?
>
> If it is Bind, I DO hope they update it to the planned new version that
> will send a "sender domain does not resolve" if it resolves to a
> VerySlimy fake domain.
>
> I note that djbdns (http://www.djbdns.org/) already has a patch
> available. (Great software but my, a mailing list to approach with
> caution!) I gather that other registrars are going to do the same...
>
> Nick
>
>
> On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 02:12 PM, keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> wrote:
>
>> Since VeriSign torpedoed the Internet
>> (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32852.html), has anyone noticed
>> an increase in i-mode spam now the simple "sender domain does not
>> resolve" check no longer works?
>>
>> Kyle
>
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