On 6/30/06, JWM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also, the DNS explanation makes sense. But where do all these ip addresses that were in the original config.xml file fit into the picture? Where did these come from? Were they simply a snapshot in time of some known bad ip's that could easily become good a few years later?
Ah, very good question! What happened for a bit there was Verisign and other naughty DNS servers.... instead of responding that a fake domain was invalid, it would say, "oh that [fake] domain will point to our advertising server. The idea was that when my grandmother mistyped a website address, they would get to see Verisign ads instead of a helpful message saying that they typed something wrong. That list of IP addresses are those [ad] servers that the bad DNS servers would alternatively respond for fake domains. -- Serge Knystautas Lokitech >> software . strategy . design >> http://www.lokitech.com p. 301.656.5501 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
