Google DNS problems?!?

Sun May 8 09:01:16 UTC 2005

At 02:18 AM 08-05-05 +0000, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:

>Does anyone else think that its a bit odd that if it were simply
>"DNS problems" that a redirect for www.google.com would end up
>at a location which provided this:
>
>  http://img179.echo.cx/img179/7959/googlehacked7to.jpg
>
>[or]
>
>  http://img241.echo.cx/img241/6208/googlemsn3lp.png
>
>Seems more than simple "DNS problems" to me.
>
>I hate being played like an idiot....

I really like Google.  I like what they do.  But lately, their security 
team is a joke.  I had a problem with their POP Gmail service and the 
advise I got from their Gmail team was to turn off my CA EZ antivirus and 
my ZApro firewall and to try again and see if the problem repeats 
itself.  For a moment I thought it was an April 1st joke.

When playing with Gmail or Ggroups - try to find a link to report abuse or 
a security problem (yes - one exists - but not one that is easy to find 
from Gmail or Ggroups).

I attribute it to size - when one gets big enough - one truly believes that 
gravity is affected by your company.  Unless Google shapes up, they will 
quickly find out what happens to large, cumbersome, and clueless companies.

-Hank

>- ferg