[TriLUG] OT: Hijacked Browser Typos

[Steve Litt]

I used to really hate it until I started using DJBDNS. Takes about an hour to 
put it on a machine, and then it just always works, every time.

SteveT


On Wednesday 18 April 2007 12:24, Dave Sorenson wrote:
> 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.