quoting James Sparenberg; Thursday 21 August 2003 01:22 am: <whack> > > It's not a cookie problem. I have the same requirement in all my > > browsers, that requires all cookies to be displayed for acceptance or > > rejection. I had no cookies from any site when I was redirected. > > > > I suspect a CGI or javascript is involved, which hijacks your connection. > > It would seem that it might be browser-specific, and also have a random > > factor built in to it's execution. > > > > What I found interesting was that the site I eventually ended up at (yes > > I clicked to see where it led) wanted me to download an executable. I > > have no need of windows to know what this executable does. Briefly, when > > you install it, it disconnects your modem, mutes the speaker and redials > > to a 1900 number. The first most users know of it is when they get a > > phone bill showing a call to an overseas location, which was charged to > > them at a rate of roughly $10 (US) per minute... > > > > I think bandwidthplace needs to check their servers (and javascript > > code).
Their server(s) are Apache on Red Hat. I also didn't see any java-script redirect code on the index html page source code. > Could well be a rouge man in the middle hijack. In other words it's not > your browser but rather your DNS. Although I don't understand the > methodology I'm told that it is possible to "fake" or otherwise override > DNS so that people are redirected who don't want to be. (This may > explain why I get the right site and others don't) Other option is > that if they have their load balancing hosed it could be like a phone > system we had. 6 lines and if line one was busy it went to 2 then 3 etc > etc. And all of our numbers where sequential. One day we got a call > from a gentleman. Yep, he had the next number after us, and the phone > company system was sending our calls to him when all 6 numbers where > busy. > > James You are likely correct, man in the middle, cracked ISP DNS server, whatever. I don't see how it would have happened but I'm just a gnubie. :-) Has the OP tried; in a terminal, to check what IP address their ISP's DNS servers are resolving for bandwidth place? Like thusly; [EMAIL PROTECTED] nanook]$ host www.bandwidthplace.com 24.70.95.195 Using domain server: Name: 24.70.95.195 Address: 24.70.95.195#53 Aliases: www.bandwidthplace.com is an alias for bandwidthplace.com. bandwidthplace.com has address 209.61.187.19 That's what I get from all of the DNS servers I use for my cable connection here. I just copy 'n' pasted the last one of three. Just a suggestion. Regards; Charlie -- Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo (cooked) 11:52:06 up 2 days, 27 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.06 Laugh, and the world ignores you. Crying doesn't help either.
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