[64983] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Web hijacking by router - a new method of advertisement by
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kee Hinckley)
Fri Nov 7 23:44:52 2003
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0311071436560.1127-100000@sokol.elan.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 23:42:07 -0500
To: william@elan.net
From: Kee Hinckley <nazgul@somewhere.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 2:37 PM -0800 11/7/03, william@elan.net wrote:
>bad requests and just decided that every 8 hours it would be ok to
>replace your original webrequest (from any computer connected through that
>router) with one going to their own server advertising their product/service.
It appears that they've learned their lesson. This is tacked at the
bottom of the front page at Belkin.
>Important message from Belkin:
>We at Belkin apologize for the recent trouble our customers have
>experienced with the wireless router/browser redirect issue. We
>will be offering firmware fixes available for download early next
>week. We do not have exact details yet but we can tell you now that
>each router's firmware that incorporates Parental Control as an
>option will be changed.
>
>Please expect more detailed information to follow early next week. Thank you.
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Kee Hinckley
http://www.messagefire.com/ Next Generation Spam Defense
http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/ Writings on Technology and Society
I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
