I heard of something like this where requests to Amazon pages from Google and other search providers were modified so that the affiliate partner referring thing kicked in. I think Google said to cut it out but Bing and Yahoo are still being redirected.
Joshua. On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Robert Ridge <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
