Re: [Slugnet] Techgoondu: Starhub introduces “redi rection service” for invalid domains
| Newsgroups | gmane.user-groups.linux.singapore |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Soh Kam Yung <[email protected]> wrote: > Can MaxOnline users verify this? > > [ > http://www.techgoondu.com/2010/07/14/starhub-introduces-redirection-service-for-invalid-domains/ > ] > Typo, Me? Nevar! But yes, they did it. > What Starhub is effectively doing is DNS hijacking, a controversial > practice that has led to security breaches by hackers. Some ISPs in > I think what they are doing is more akin to large scale typo-squatting than DNS hijacking. > Starhub has quietly introduced a “redirection service” that takes > MaxOnline broadband customers to a Yahoo search page if you happen to > enter an invalid URL in your browser. Prior to this, you would > It would be terrible if an ISP ever decides to use it's transparent proxy service to replace 4xx and 5xx errors with its own wrapper. _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]