[TriLUG] OT: Hijacked Browser Typos

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com
Wed Apr 18 10:12:15 EDT 2007


Wouldn't just outfitting his box with a caching DNS referring to the root DNS 
servers fix this problem?

Thanks

SteveT

On Wednesday 18 April 2007 08:59, 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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