Return a default record for invalid requests (non existent domain).

[Kevin Darcy]

Robert Messinger wrote:

> I have had many people throw their NS records on our DNS servers.
> Just to either park them or to kill off old links and requests.
>
> But since the domains do not exist on my nameserver they are
> getting slammed my these invalid requests (and I don't believe
> the negative response is cached since the domain does not exist).
>
> In BIND is it possible to return a default record for domains which
> do not exist on the system?  Is it even legal to give back an
> answer?  (I feel like sending everyone to a porn site or something.)
> It's bandwidth to our systems so I believe I can return whatever I want
> but I may be wrong here.  But there are over 500,000 invalid requests
> a day for some domains.

My opinion is: if someone points an NS to my nameserver, they are giving
me authority to return whatever I want for queries in that domain.

I don't know if the law agrees with me on this, though. I suspect that
there is a conspicuous lack of legal precedent in this area. Do you feel
lucky?


- Kevin