On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:37 AM, George Hozendorf wrote:
> > Typing in www.cnn.com brought up Apple again. A re-boot cleared up > the problem for now. I'll keep your eMail for future reference. >> If a reboot cleared up the problem, then your local DNS cache was messed up, and there are terminal commands for fixing that: In 10.5 it's: lookupd -flushcache On lower versions it's: dscacheutil -flushcache If it happens regularly, this could be something much more serious, something broken in your DNS settings or some sort of DNS spoofing attack. Absolutely worst case scenario your ISP has been criminally negligent and hasn't updated it's DNS software to patch the horrible flaw that was discovered this summer, and they're being hacked. Here is a good article on the subject:<http://www.technologyreview.com/web/21537/?a=f > (use bugme/bugmenot for the username password.) that has the single scariest line I've ever read in an IT article: "I am speaking to you over an unsecure cell phone. Please do not ever say to anyone what you just said to me over an unsecure cell phone again." -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
