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Paul Vixie: 100,000 DSL Modems May Lose Their DNS On July 9

Posted by timothy on from the blame-the-feds dept.

Dante_J writes "Up to 100,000 DSL modems may lose access to DNS come July the 9th, due to scripted web interface changes made to them by DNSChanger. This and other disturbing details were raised by respected Internet elder Paul Vixie during a presentation at the AusCERT 2012 conference."

3 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. 8.8.8.8 by windcask · · Score: 4, Informative

    What DNS issues?

    1. Re:8.8.8.8 by philip.paradis · · Score: 4, Informative

      Any DNS provider you use can do the same thing. If you don't like this, feel free to operate your own resolvers.

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      Write failed: Broken pipe
  2. Re:Why bother warning them? by n5vb · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are some people who will call tech support whether they get a warning or not. Usually the wrong support, and usually to unload a half hour of angry rants that do absolutely nothing to fix the problem. If there's any reading involved beyond about the 2nd-3rd grade level, they'll ignore warning dialogs and just call and complain. This is a constant in the tech support universe.

    (And I still have to laugh when people tell me their internet isn't working but they can send and receive email..)