The EFF is reporting on an investigation of DNS hijacking »www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/07/wi···n-the-us similar to SiteFinder.

By ICSI researchers Christian Kreibich, Nicholas Weaver and Vern Paxson, with Peter Eckersley.

It's relevant to customers of the following ISP's:

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The proxies in question are operated either directly by Paxfire, or by the ISPs using web proxies provided by Paxfire. Major users of the Paxfire system include Cavalier, Cogent, Frontier, Fuse, DirecPC, RCN, and Wide Open West. Charter also used Paxfire in the past, but appears to have discontinued this practice.

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You can test here: »netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/

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