| What's up with OOL domain servers now? So I always just type the site name, cnn, facebook, whatever in the URL space in Safari, and it just goes to the site.
Not anymore. I get this from OOL
AND
if you you click the name OOL comes up with? It does another OOL domain with the .com at the end. And then click the link.
I haven't used a .com at the end of a URL in years. No problems.
Now this.
any ideas? |
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 RickNYPremium
join:2000-11-02
Manorville, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| »www.optimum.net/Article/DNS
Can I opt-out of the DNS Assistance Service?
Yes, you can opt-out of the service. If you opt-out of the service, you will no longer receive any search based help when you misspell or mistype a web address, but instead you will receive browser error messages. When you opt-out of the service, it will affect all computers that are in your household and accessing the Internet by Optimum Online Service. |
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 MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY | woah, how long have they been doing this dns hijacking? |
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1 edit | reply to RickNY
I found the opt out. I wonder if it is just a cookie set? I delete cookies all the time.
This is jut mad |
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TheWiseGuyDog And ButterflyPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-04
Yonkers, NY
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Optimum Online
3 edits | reply to MxxCon
I read recently that they were about to implement it. 
I can't find where I read it though
I'm still getting a "No such name" reply, here is the response, copied from wireshark, from the OOL server I use, to a mis-typed name.
4 2008-09-25 07:16:24.040443 192.168.0.2 167.206.251.129 DNS Standard query A www.nasdaqrrader.com
5 2008-09-25 07:16:24.061915 167.206.251.129 192.168.0.2 DNS Standard query response, No such name
EDIT
Here is what I remember seeing
»www.cablerant.com/index.php?topi···#msg2470
Not sure where I saw the info from cablerant since I don't read cablerant.
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| reply to mozart11
Opt out is not cookie based. It opts out your modem and is permanent, even if your IP address changes. |
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| reply to mozart11
said by mozart11:I found the opt out. I wonder if it is just a cookie set? I delete cookies all the time. This is jut mad Yes it is cookie based because cookies on one PC will affect every computer in the house. That is how cookies work. |
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RickNYPremium
join:2000-11-02
Manorville, NY Reviews:
·Optimum Online
| said by yummcookies :
cookies on one PC will affect every computer in the house. That is how cookies work.
Ah yes -- I love when Cablevision employees know what they are talking about.  |
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 Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ | Cablevision should have done this as an "opt IN" service. Basically it doesn't get turned on unless people go and turn it on.
It appears as though Cablevision is trying to be super controlling lately. First they hijack your ability to watch SD feeds if you have an HD cable box without letting you shut it off, and then they turn this thing... thankfully it can be opted out. But they didn't exactly tell people it was going to happen... most people probably don't even know that the channel mappings were going to change on the cable boxes either. |
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| reply to mozart11
OpenDNS does this by default. What's the big surprise? |
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| said by Ken Peterson:OpenDNS does this by default. What's the big surprise? I think people like to bash cablevision. If verizon did this with fios everybody would be praising it. |
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| It started in the past week. You can always edit your hosts file if there's something you typically type in the browser, or you can do what would be the easiest way, and just type "cnn" into firefox 3 and let it auto-complete for you based on your previous browsing. |
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approval from:
StreetSpirit 
| reply to yummcookies
Your the exact user this is aimed at. One that does not know what a cookie is and what it does.
Good job they opt-in you chaps, you'd never be able to do it yourself. |
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| reply to RickNY
said by RickNY:said by yummcookies :
cookies on one PC will affect every computer in the house. That is how cookies work.
Ah yes -- I love when Cablevision employees know what they are talking about. That is the bad thing about forums, hard to read sarcasm.  |
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 Lex LuthorPremium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Hicksville, NY
kudos:3
OptimumOnline
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| reply to stevehoff
said by stevehoff:Opt out is not cookie based. It opts out your modem and is permanent, even if your IP address changes. Anyone able to verify yet if it is cookie or modem based?
I just tried it from a Lightpath connection and it said I have opted out, so I'm probably thinking it's just a cookie, which would be pretty lame. |
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| said by Lex Luthor:said by stevehoff:Opt out is not cookie based. It opts out your modem and is permanent, even if your IP address changes. Anyone able to verify yet if it is cookie or modem based? I just tried it from a Lightpath connection and it said I have opted out, so I'm probably thinking it's just a cookie, which would be pretty lame. I opted out using the browser in my PS3 and now all 6 PCs in my house do not get redirection page. This is obviously not cookie based. |
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RickNYPremium
join:2000-11-02
Manorville, NY Reviews:
·Optimum Online
| said by yummcookies :
Yes it is cookie based
said by yummcookies :
This is obviously not cookie based.
Wow, this is almost like calling customer service |
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| said by RickNY:said by yummcookies :
Yes it is cookie based
said by yummcookies :
This is obviously not cookie based.
Wow, this is almost like calling customer service said by yummcookies :said by RickNY:said by yummcookies :
cookies on one PC will affect every computer in the house. That is how cookies work.
Ah yes -- I love when Cablevision employees know what they are talking about. That is the bad thing about forums, hard to read sarcasm. Wow, this almost like not reading. |
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 StreetSpiritThis spot reserved for Xenu.Premium
join:2002-08-13
Roslyn, NY
kudos:3
·Optimum Online
 ·Optimum Voice
| reply to yummcookies
said by yummcookies :said by mozart11:I found the opt out. I wonder if it is just a cookie set? I delete cookies all the time. This is jut mad Yes it is cookie based because cookies on one PC will affect every computer in the house. That is how cookies work. Uhh, yeah...  |
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 IllIlIlllIllEliteDataPremium
join:2003-07-06
Lindenhurst, NY
kudos:7 | reply to mozart11
4.2.2.1 to 4.2.2.6, cached on local intranet server.
end of story |
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