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Re: Annoying dynamic DNS updates

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E.B. Dreger)
Mon Sep 29 03:04:38 2003

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:03:48 +0000 (GMT)
From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <5AFA5A2C102DAB4692ABC1E87E0780CA053159DD@OCCLUST02EVS1.ugd.att.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


WCS> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:05:36 -0500
WCS> From: "Stewart, William C (Bill), RTSLS"

[ moderately snipped ]


WCS> Some cable user's machine running default-configured MS apps
WCS> is sending Paul dynamic DNS queries that it shouldn't,

WCS> Well, default-configured Microsoft applications have an
WCS> application that lets you send a machine popup dialog boxes;

It would be amusing if said "popup spam" got Comcast's attention,
and they contacted Paul about an "urgent matter"...


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