DNS Hijacking by Cox
Joe Greco
jgreco at ns.sol.net
Mon Jul 23 14:54:13 UTC 2007
> On Jul 22, 2007, at 6:28 PM, Niels Bakker wrote:
> >> if you are a cox customer you might want to have a reasoned
> >> discussion with them and find out more details and whether you can
> >> reach a resolution. if they dont play ball tho you ultimately
> >> would have to vote with your $$ and switch..
> > This is a ridiculous argument as in many places there is only one
> > game in town for affordable high speed internet for end users.
>
> Yes, but at least the incumbents have their cash cows protected (who
> me? cynical?)
>
> However, you don't have to switch providers to run your own caching
> server. Unless Cox is intercepting all DNS queries (instead of just
> mucking about with the caching servers they operate), running your
> own caching server will likely solve the problem.
I'll accept that argument once you've explained to all your family
members how to do it - and they've actually done it, successfully.
Let's be real now.
... JG
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Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
"We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
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