Nxdomain redirect revenue

Tue Sep 27 16:34:19 UTC 2011

Paxfire gets sued:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20768-us-internet-providers-hijacking-users-search-queries.html
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/08/38796.htm
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390529,00.asp

Paxfire files counter suit:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110809/17305215460/paxfire-responds-says-it-doesnt-hijack-searches-will-seek-sanctions-against-lawyers.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110906/03371515808/paxfire-sues-lawyers-individual-who-filed-class-action-lawsuit-over-its-search-redirects.shtml
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8765163.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: William Allen Simpson [mailto:william.allen.simpson at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:58 AM
To: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: Re: Nxdomain redirect revenue

On 9/26/11 4:29 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Is this with strict NXDOMAIN rewriting, or were existing names 
> redirected as well?  (AFAIK, most platforms do the latter, hijacking 
> bfk.de, for example.)
>
Has anybody tried bringing a criminal complaint for interference with computer (network) data?

Certainly, hijacking google.com NS records to JOMAX.NET would be a criminal interference.  After all, that's all DNSsec signed now, isn't it?

Arguably, substituting a false reply for NXDOMAIN would be, too.

It's time to find a champion to lead the charge.  Maybe Google?