[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mac OS X 10.4.10 > Firefox 2.0.0.7 > > Whenever I enter a domain that does not exist, I am automatically > forwarded to the url: > http://www33.not-found-entry.org/search?qo=... > Where ... is the nonexistent domain name. > > Consequently, this happens in Safari as well, which makes me think > it's a setting somewhere on my Mac, but it can't hurt asking here.
This might be a consequence of your DNS settings. Look at the file /etc/resolv.conf and see what it gives for "nameserver". Also look in your system preferences under the network settings to see if there's a setting there for "DNS Servers". There are commercial services like OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/) that provide DNS name resolution services at no charge in return for displaying ads when you enter a name that's not found. You appear to have encountered a similar service, which may or may not be a legitimate business. Note that on OS X (I think by default) the system DNS server settings can be blank, with OS X getting its DNS server information as a byproduct of getting an IP address through DHCP. So if you connect to the net using DHCP (which is almost always the case for consumer Macs) then the network operator can supply their own DNS server information, and pull tricks like the one you encountered. Do you see this on your home network, or when you're on a "foreign" network, e.g., hotel network, public wifi hotspot, etc? Frank -- Frank Hecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ dev-security mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security
