Re: Rogue DNS servers in China

Happens all the time with me at Asia TV Beijing...

As they say in Taiwan... orz...

And yes, I have guts-level detest for that "Bobodogs" thing.

David Feng


On 11 Nov 2006, at 17:47, Bjørn Stabell wrote:

> Hi bluggers,
>
> I posted a link on my blog regarding rogue DNS servers in China.
> Have you seen this happening as well?
>
> 	See http://stabell.org/2006/11/11/the-internet-is-broken-in-china/
>
> ...
>
> At various places, one or more of the DNS servers you get from, e.g.,
> wifi hotspots, will be configured to always resolve any domain name
> lookup. That means typos like www.doesnotexist11.com will resolve.
>
> What do they resolve to? They resolve to IP addresses for websites of
> advertisers. It’s most likely a pay-per-referrer business model.
>
> ...
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