On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 6:51 PM, AndiDog <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I posted this on /r/androiddev earlier, but I think this group may be more > helpful. > > I have an app that does HTTP requests to some web service (hostname: > andidogs.dyndns.org). Sometimes, when these requests fail I get the error > "UnknownHostException: andidogs.facebook.com" or similar. Since I created > this app in four different variants (separately with four different > cross-platform frameworks for my thesis), and this issue already occurred > with two of them, I'm quite sure this has something to do with Android's SDK > or system. > > No clue where this is coming from. Do you have any ideas? I don't use > anything Facebook-related in the app of course. > > Some diagnostics: > > This happens quite rarely, until now I had this issue with two variants of > the app (native Android SDK, and Titanium framework, both using the same > underlying Java methods for networking) > The request actually goes to xyz.facebook.com which does not exist > "getprop net.dns1" commands gives me 192.168.15.1, my local router's IP > (correct) > AVG Antivirus didn't find anything on my phone (Huawei Ideos X3, I have no > other Android device for testing) > Never occurred on emulator > Don't know how to get DNS cache content It sounds like carrier proxies (and other tracking games) to me: "Click Fraud for Fun," http://click-fraud-fun.blogspot.com/.
Use HTTPS, and pin the server's certificate. Jeff -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
