fault DNS servers ?

[Vu Pham]

Collins Richey wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, Collin. I thought the DNS servers'duty is to return information 
of the real mappings only. Just switched my home dns servers to others.

Vu