On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Soh Kam Yung <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can MaxOnline users verify this?
>
> [
> http://www.techgoondu.com/2010/07/14/starhub-introduces-redirection-service-for-invalid-domains/
> ]
>

Typo, Me?  Nevar!  But yes, they did it.


> What Starhub is effectively doing is DNS hijacking, a controversial
>
practice that has led to security breaches by hackers. Some ISPs in
>

I think what they are doing is more akin to large scale typo-squatting than
DNS hijacking.


> Starhub has quietly introduced a “redirection service” that takes
> MaxOnline broadband customers to a Yahoo search page if you happen to
> enter an invalid URL in your browser. Prior to this, you would
>

It would be terrible if an ISP ever decides to use it's transparent proxy
service to replace 4xx and 5xx errors with its own wrapper.
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