On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Carlos Konstanski
ckonstan...@pippiandcarlos.com wrote:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/05/1926257/Comcast-the-Latest-ISP-To-Try-DNS-Hijacking?art_pos=11
Carlos
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On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:45 AM, drew wymoredrew.wym...@gmail.com wrote:
Qwest as the ISP does this as well and has been doing it for quite awhile.
It is incredibly annoying.
I still find this preferable to Clearwire's method of contacting you
with important account alerts: they redirect
There aughtta be a law...
chaz
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From: plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org
[mailto:plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Konstanski
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:47 PM
To: Portland Linux Users Group
Subject: [PLUG] comcast customers beware
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In the slashdot article they were saying that OpenDNS does the same
thing as what Comcast is doing. Is there a way to opt out of the
OpenDNS version as well? Are there other advantages to OpenDNS vs.
Comcast?
if you're running linux (which the list somewhat implies :-), just run
named on
Scott Garman wrote:
http://www.opendns.com
It's a free alternative that I find nicer than going though Comcast's one.
4.2.2.[1-6] are open DNS servers that work as they should.
I use 4.2.2.2 for a temporary DNS server if I need one. Easy to remember and
works great.
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I'm just a packet
Maybe it hasn't come to Portland yet because all I see is a text-only
page with some search suggestions, with a line at the top in bold that
says:
Sorry, we can't find www.xyzzyplugh.com. We suggest that you check
the spelling of the web address or search above.
Disable this error service
if you're running linux (which the list somewhat implies :-), just run
named on your local box. no need to use anybody else's recursive dns
server.
Or better yet, dnscache (a part of djbdns). It's fast, lightweight,
and hasn't needed any security updates in a long time. Note that
you
