[TriLUG] OT: Hijacked Browser Typos

[Dave Sorenson]

sure, but that might be more effort than he wants to do...

DS

Steve Litt wrote:
> 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.
>>>