J
JS
I think that would give a false impression of
what I wanted to convey.
what I wanted to convey.
J
John John - MVP
OT. I was reading "Verizon Redirects" on your site, this sounds like a
DNS search hijacking by Verizon. Rogers Cable (Rogers/Yahoo) did the
same thing here in Canada not too long ago, any search on the address
bar just redirects to a Rogers search page and they get a penny (or
something like that) every time someone clicks on one of the search
results from their page. Rogers actually think that they own the internet!
This DNS hijacking cripples one of the most powerful feature in some
browsers, that of being able to go directly to web sites just by typing
the domain name in the address bar. For example simply typing gmc or
microsoft in the Firefox address bar takes you directly to the GMC or
Microsft site. With the Rogers DNS hijack unless you type the *exact*
and complete http://www.gmc.com/ or http://www.microsoft.com/ address
the DNS server interprets it as an invalid domain and it sends you to
the stupid Rogers search page. Along with crippling search from the
address bar and direct navigation to easily resolved domains this DNS
hijacking can create a real headache on VPN networks.
The solution is to call your ISP and tell them that their DNS redirect
to their search page is causing major headaches for your VPN and ask
them to give you the IP address of an alternate DNS server that doesn't
redirect to their search page and then manually assign the DNS server.
Another solution is to use a free DNS server like OpenDNS at 4.2.2.1 or
4.2.2.2 but in my opinion that is not the ideal solution. Why should I
go to a DNS server in a different country to resolve my DNS requests and
why should Rogers or Verizon unload their DNS load onto other servers?
We pay them to provide this service, not to send us to stupid search
pages that only benefits them!
John
PS. By the way, nice job on the web site, looks good.
DNS search hijacking by Verizon. Rogers Cable (Rogers/Yahoo) did the
same thing here in Canada not too long ago, any search on the address
bar just redirects to a Rogers search page and they get a penny (or
something like that) every time someone clicks on one of the search
results from their page. Rogers actually think that they own the internet!
This DNS hijacking cripples one of the most powerful feature in some
browsers, that of being able to go directly to web sites just by typing
the domain name in the address bar. For example simply typing gmc or
microsoft in the Firefox address bar takes you directly to the GMC or
Microsft site. With the Rogers DNS hijack unless you type the *exact*
and complete http://www.gmc.com/ or http://www.microsoft.com/ address
the DNS server interprets it as an invalid domain and it sends you to
the stupid Rogers search page. Along with crippling search from the
address bar and direct navigation to easily resolved domains this DNS
hijacking can create a real headache on VPN networks.
The solution is to call your ISP and tell them that their DNS redirect
to their search page is causing major headaches for your VPN and ask
them to give you the IP address of an alternate DNS server that doesn't
redirect to their search page and then manually assign the DNS server.
Another solution is to use a free DNS server like OpenDNS at 4.2.2.1 or
4.2.2.2 but in my opinion that is not the ideal solution. Why should I
go to a DNS server in a different country to resolve my DNS requests and
why should Rogers or Verizon unload their DNS load onto other servers?
We pay them to provide this service, not to send us to stupid search
pages that only benefits them!
John
PS. By the way, nice job on the web site, looks good.
J
JS
I was going to update the article to include
Open DNS. What I will be trying (just in case
Verizon gets wise to the idea) is since my Verizon
supplied box allows for 4 DNS server entries is
to put Verizon's Opt out DNS servers (2) at the
top of the list followed by one Open DNS server
and then if all else fails the last DNS entry would
be one of their default (redirecting) DNS servers.
Between Windows 7 and repairing 2 PCs for a friend
this has kept me busy and not spending as much time
developing or updating articles and getting my Blog
up to date.
On a side note it turns out that Dell gave him a magic
XP key code that works across all three versions of XP
and at least on two entirely different Dell computers.
Open DNS. What I will be trying (just in case
Verizon gets wise to the idea) is since my Verizon
supplied box allows for 4 DNS server entries is
to put Verizon's Opt out DNS servers (2) at the
top of the list followed by one Open DNS server
and then if all else fails the last DNS entry would
be one of their default (redirecting) DNS servers.
Between Windows 7 and repairing 2 PCs for a friend
this has kept me busy and not spending as much time
developing or updating articles and getting my Blog
up to date.
On a side note it turns out that Dell gave him a magic
XP key code that works across all three versions of XP
and at least on two entirely different Dell computers.
J
JS
Almost forgot, thanks for the complement :-}
K
Ken Blake, MVP
You're welcome, and thanks for calling me "Ken."
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PA said:
Respect the majority of your customers' wish or your sales will be
plummeted? Hint: Vista.
P
PA Bear [MS MVP]
No one here works for or represents MS, including myself and all other MVPs.
See http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpexecsum
See http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpexecsum
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PA said:
I didn't say you are but you did ask the question like one
