Comments on: Optimum Online offering DNS hijacking “service” http://ineedattention.com/technology/computers/2008/10/03/optimum-online-offering-dns-hijacking-service/ Rants on business, science, technology, society, politics, police, and justice, plus life hacks and tricks, since 2003. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:11:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JB http://ineedattention.com/technology/computers/2008/10/03/optimum-online-offering-dns-hijacking-service/comment-page-1/#comment-17284 JB Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:49:15 +0000 http://ineedattention.com/?p=255#comment-17284 As a tech support monkey, this is becoming a very irritating "helpful" practice. Qwest recently did the same thing, quietly of course, so VPN users had no idea what was happening. 67.63.55.3 brings up Optimum's hijack page, luckily they've got the opt-out link hidden behind the About button. As a tech support monkey, this is becoming a very irritating “helpful” practice. Qwest recently did the same thing, quietly of course, so VPN users had no idea what was happening.

67.63.55.3 brings up Optimum’s hijack page, luckily they’ve got the opt-out link hidden behind the About button.

]]> By: ITguy http://ineedattention.com/technology/computers/2008/10/03/optimum-online-offering-dns-hijacking-service/comment-page-1/#comment-17062 ITguy Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:47:26 +0000 http://ineedattention.com/?p=255#comment-17062 But even more fun, is when business customers on Optimum Online try to VPN into their company network; this DNS hijacking can break VALID requests to internal resources. In these cases, only direct IP addresses will work. Gee, thanks! But even more fun, is when business customers on Optimum Online try to VPN into their company network; this DNS hijacking can break VALID requests to internal resources. In these cases, only direct IP addresses will work.

Gee, thanks!

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