On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Steve Meyers <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8/10/11 11:54 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > > My understanding is that they can't actually do this but what they are > > actually doing is violating internet protocol and domains that come up > > in DNS as unregistered are being served up as advertising "parking" > > pages. Is that correct or am I missing something here? > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390529,00.asp > > Apparently, the EFF believes that they're doing it. > > We at Provo City have experienced this. We tried to limit the laptops in the police cars to a few work related locations by setting up their DNS servers to connect to City owned servers. This worked great if they were in the station connecting via our wireless networks. But as soon as they connected to Sprint air cards, they could go anywhere on the internet. Sprint admitted to us that they were inspecting all traffic and re-routing all DNS requests from the address in the packet to their own internal DNS servers. Apparently, they make a lot of money by charging companies to redirect requests for incorrect or non-existent names to the company's web sites. They refused to change this behavior when requested by the City. So don't assume your traffic goes where it is addressed - your ISP may be directing it elsewhere. -- Robert J Ridge 1357 W 1460 North Provo, UT 84604 [email protected] 801-373-4909 801-636-3187 (mobile) /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
