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Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup
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- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup
- From: Nick FitzGerald <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:03:53 +1200
John Doe wrote:
> I don't even get the same IP address for that. I have 64.4.52.189 .
> I tried to change it in the host files with the same results. Next I will
> block that IP in my firewall and see what happens.
Think load-balancing, dynaminc content distribution hosting, etc.
Ahhhh...
So, the exception is not that the IP is hard-coded, but that the DNS
resolver skips looking in hosts for that _domain_ and necessarily does
a network DNS lookup...
Regards,
Nick FitzGerald
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