[TriLUG] OT: Hijacked Browser Typos

Sean Myers smyers at americanri.com
Wed Apr 18 09:08:05 EDT 2007


OpenDNS.org is such a service.

--
Sean Myers
System Administrator
American Research Institute
(919) 228-4961


Dave Sorenson wrote:
> Earthlink has set their DNS to return the squatter page to unknown 
> requests like verisign tried to do last year. It breaks a lot of 
> anti-spam stuff as a side "benefit" too.
> 
> I'd try changing who you are using for DNS lookups. I have a meeting to 
> go sleep through or I'd apply Goggle-fu, but I seem to recall 
> alternative DNS services having been discussed here before. You might 
> try a search on the archive.
> 
> Dave
> 
> Scott Chilcote wrote:
>> J.C. Jones wrote:
>>> What browser are you using?
>>>
>>> jcj
>>
>> Usually Firefox.
>>
>> The same thing happens in IE6, Konqueror, Mozilla, lynx, and links on 
>> various Linux and Windows op systems though.
>>
>> -- 
>> Scott C.



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