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<p class="MsoNormal">This is mostly informational and may have already hit this group. My google-foo failed me if so.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I discovered that the CenturyLink/Level(3) public DNS (4.2.2.2, etc) are spoofing all domains. If the hostname begins with a “w” and does not exist in the authoritative zone these hosts will return two Akamai hosts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">[root@localhost ~]# dig +short w3.dummydomaindoesntexist.gov @4.2.2.2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23.202.231.167<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23.217.138.108<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[root@localhost ~]# dig +short w3.dummydomaindoesntexist.net @4.2.2.2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23.202.231.167<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23.217.138.108<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[root@localhost ~]# dig +short w3.dummydomaindoesntexist.com @4.2.2.2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23.202.231.167<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23.217.138.108<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[root@localhost ~]# dig +short w3.dummydomaindoesntexist.org @4.2.2.2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23.202.231.167<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">23.217.138.108<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My apologies if this is old news.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#5F497A">Lawrence Q. Marshall</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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