[143403] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: US internet providers hijacking users' search queries
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Conrad)
Mon Aug 8 23:53:13 2011
From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAL9jLabQN018Bv6oTBuhm+J8HKH4w6vOyKgOVZ+O5u49D2gb0Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 17:52:19 -1000
To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Chris,
On Aug 8, 2011, at 2:56 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> messing with basic plumbing will have unintended consequences, they =
will be bad.
>=20
> If the users her WANT to have this experience, there are lots of
> in-browser/application methods to achieve this, hijacking DNS at the
> resolver is really just NOT the right answer, ever.
See that ship off on the horizon? It appears to have sailed...
I'm told that non-trivial revenue is being generated by ISPs who are =
doing this redirection. As long as that is true, I suspect it's =
unlikely pointing out how broken hijacking DNS is will be particularly =
effective.
Regards,
-drc
