Re: Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

John Doe wrote:

> I don't even get the same IP address for that. I have 64.4.52.189 .
> I tried to change it in the host files with the same results. Next I will
> block that IP in my firewall and see what happens.

Think load-balancing, dynaminc content distribution hosting, etc.

Ahhhh...

So, the exception is not that the IP is hard-coded, but that the DNS 
resolver skips looking in hosts for that _domain_ and necessarily does 
a network DNS lookup...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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