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The Five Levels of ISP Evil

Posted by timothy on from the some-of-which-are-really-government-evil dept.

schwit1 writes "Recently a number of ISPs have been caught improperly redirecting end-user traffic in order to generate affiliate payments, using a system from Paxfire. A class action lawsuit has been filed against Paxfire and one of the ISPs. This is a serious allegation, but it's the tip of the iceberg. I'm not sure if everyone understands the levels of sneakiness that service providers can engage in."

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  1. Underestimates the problem of NXDOMAIN hijacking by vadim_t · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not just that it shows ads, it breaks lots of internet services.

    People seem to forget that the web isn't just HTTP, and there are quite a few other things that do DNS lookups. And weird stuff happens when a name that doesn't exist resolves, and the connection is directed to an ad server.