ent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Web hijacking by router - a new method of advertisement by
Belkin
>
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> an.net writes:
> >
> >Would be interesting to see if their current advertisement (every 8
hour
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
an.net writes:
>
>Would be interesting to see if their current advertisement (every 8 hours)
>page would now be replaced with "We're so sorry that you're seeing this
>page, please make sure to download our latest patch so your router never
>both
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Bradley Dunn wrote:
> Peter Galbavy wrote:
> > I hope that the US - the largest single market for technology products I
> > assume - has a similar bunch of useful [consumer] law.
>
> I don't. Who needs a bunch of laws (and accompanying bureaucrats and
> lawyers) when market
Peter Galbavy wrote:
I hope that the US - the largest single market for technology products I
assume - has a similar bunch of useful [consumer] law.
I don't. Who needs a bunch of laws (and accompanying bureaucrats and
lawyers) when market pressure dealt with the issue quickly and forcefully.
Brad
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> How original of them! But for other router manufactures present on
> this
> list, make notice - DO NOT DO IT IN YOUR OWN PRODUCT EVER. I (and from
> newsgrousp there are appears to be many others with same opinion
> about it)
> do not want routers modifying my network pa
DS> Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 00:16:11 -0500
DS> From: Dave Stewart
DS> Imagine that... they listened to the community.
I hate to imagine a Verisign/Belkin hybrid router. (Would that
mean that a random, HTTP request to valid FQHN would work once
every eight hours? Firmware release only after ICA
At 11:42 PM 11/7/2003, Kee Hinckley wrote:
It appears that they've learned their lesson. This is tacked at the
bottom of the front page at Belkin.
Important message from Belkin:
We at Belkin apologize for the recent trouble our customers have
experienced with the wireless router/browser redire
At 2:37 PM -0800 11/7/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
bad requests and just decided that every 8 hours it would be ok to
replace your original webrequest (from any computer connected through that
router) with one going to their own server advertising their product/service.
It appears that they've lear
"The router would grab a random HTTP connection
every eight hours and redirect it to Belkin's (push)
advertised web page."
"In response criticism, a Belkin product manager came
forward this week to confirm the behaviour was
designed into the products..."
Do they not realize that this has a s
be"...
Just an amusing idea.
Todd
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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 2:37 PM
Subject: Web hijacking by router - a new method of advertisement by Belkin
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> I have just read this on the registe
I have just read this on the register and followed it up on usenet:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/33858.html
http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=BvSqb.24184%24jW5.427571%40twister.tampabay.rr.com&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Dnew
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