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Oh No They Didn't!

What are you talking about? I'm not having any problems whatsoever

reply to whfsdude
Looking up the non-existing earthlinkmustdie.dslreports.com returns the www.earthlinkhelp.net address? What ELNK-DNS did you see it on?

It isn't now using ns*.earthlink.net or ns*.mindspring.com DNS servers.

reply to whfsdude
These are what I've been using
207.69.188.186, 207.69.188.185

Edit: It appears they've stopped doing it now but be aware they might start doing it again.

OK, those are ns1/ns2.mindspring.com which I use as forwarders, so I'll see it if it happens again. Good catch.

reply to whfsdude
They are doing it now. Bastards!

Can I get some additional confirmation from other Earthlink users on this?

With no DNS servers entered, I don't get this redirection.

reply to whfsdude
Ah you might be onto something.

reply to whfsdude
I'm on Covad regular DSL and this is what IPCP feeds me:

2006-08-24 12:08:06 E |PPP |IPCP nak option: 3
2006-08-24 12:08:06 E |PPP |IPCP nak option: 129
2006-08-24 12:08:06 E |PPP |IPCP nak option: 131
2006-08-24 12:08:06 E |PPP |IPCP up ip: 68.165.8.10x, gw: 172.31.255.251, dns: 207.69.188.186, 207.69.188.185
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Doctor Olds, You're seeing the redirects right?

I suggest direct examples of this phenomena - I do NOT see it here, using below. If you don't like nslookup, use dig. :-)

C:\>nslookup earthlinkmustdie.dslreports.com 207.69.188.186
Server:  ns2.mindspring.com
Address:  207.69.188.186

*** ns2.mindspring.com can't find earthlinkmustdie.dslreports.com: Non-existent domain

C:\>nslookup earthlinkmustdie.dslreports.com ns1.earthlink.net
Server:  ns1.earthlink.net
Address:  207.217.126.41

*** ns1.earthlink.net can't find earthlinkmustdie.dslreports.com: Non-existent domain

I get the same results as you when I do a ns lookup or a dig but yet the redirects continue to happen.

I'm just using the point of ping to point out that I don't have a proxy or anything on my web browser to cause this to happen.

PING www.fdashkadflskhh.com (209.86.66.94): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 209.86.66.94: icmp_seq=0 ttl=56 time=671.848 ms
64 bytes from 209.86.66.94: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=23.596 ms
64 bytes from 209.86.66.94: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=28.662 ms

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 58320
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.www.fdashkadflskhh.com.    IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
com.                    900     IN      SOA     a.gtld-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 1156444249 1800 900 604800 900

;; Query time: 1133 msec
;; SERVER: 207.69.188.186#53(207.69.188.186)
;; WHEN: Thu Aug 24 14:33:31 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 117

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reply to whfsdude
This totally SUCKS. It was bad enough when Verisign did it... But now, my own ISP??!!!

Laura (ELN customer for 9 years)
»www.queenofcyberspace.com/usenet/

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reply to whfsdude
They are using bearfruit.com / barefruit.co.uk to do this. Looks to be UK based.

»barefruit.com/?page=home

The IPs EL has setup to redirect when DNS fails:

209.86.66.90 elydm.01.am.barefruit.com
209.86.66.91 elydm.02.am.barefruit.com
209.86.66.92 elydm.03.am.barefruit.com
209.86.66.93 elydm.04.am.barefruit.com
209.86.66.94 elydm.05.am.barefruit.com
209.86.66.95 elydm.06.am.barefruit.com

Go watch the Flash Intro at bearfruit to see what they do.
»www.barefruit.com/?page=home

Q&A
»www.barefruit.com/?page=Q+%26+A

»www.bluecoat.com/solutions/sp/internet.html

quote:

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ISPs can also provide revenue from the errors that users produce. By redirecting requests to services such as from Barefruit (www.barefruit.com), ISPs can receive advertising revenue from error pages at the same time as providing a branded and differentiated service to their users.

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quote:

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The Barefruit Solution

Because Barefruit operates at the proxy server level, when subscribers encounter errors from any URL they visit, the error pages are replaced with Barefruit Results Pages.

Barefruit pages are flexible in design and can be adapted to represent your brand using an agreed template. Subscribers perceive the pages to be an improvement in the service and technology from their ISP.

The Barefruit Process

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reply to whfsdude
Saw the redirect this morning and thought it was a fluke. I still see some proper response to a failed query.

This is very unpleasant and I am disappointed.