fault DNS servers ?
Collins Richey
crichey at gmail.com
Wed Sep 3 20:41:11 PDT 2008
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Vu Pham <vu at sivell.com> wrote:
> When I am at home, I often use my company DNS servers with my vpn
> connection. Today, when I accidentally had no vpn connection, I found that
> the dns servers that my ISP gave me always return some IP address for any
> non-existent dns name.
>
>
> Is this just some wrong configuration or is it a result of some hacking ?
>
None of the above. Your DNS source just gets paid well for routing you
to this address when you goof. I get the same results (different final
address) and an offer to buy a registration for whatever miserable
invalid address I've keyed.
Just business as usual on the net.
--
Collins Richey
If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
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