[64984] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Web hijacking by router - a new method of advertisement by
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Stewart)
Sat Nov 8 00:17:26 2003
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 00:16:11 -0500
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Dave Stewart <dbs@dbscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <p0610031fbbd22465551d@[10.252.134.165]>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 11:42 PM 11/7/2003, Kee Hinckley wrote:
>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.
Imagine that... they listened to the community.
Should they actually follow up on this and remove this abomination from
their firmware, I'd suggest they should earn back some respect.
