Re: Interesting Ali Express web server behavior...

[Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

No, in this case, I was using HE uplink from the Cabinet in FMT2 for testing using my AS1734 space 192.159.10.0/24 as 
source address.

Owen


> On Dec 9, 2023, at 23:51, Mike Lyon <mike.lyon () gmail com> wrote:
>
> I notice a weird issue like this with Alibaba when i try to use my Comcast connection. Turn my wifi off and now it 
> works flawlessly.
>
> Are you using your comcast connection?
>
> -Mike
>
> > On Dec 9, 2023, at 21:17, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer () nic fr> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 09, 2023 at 09:55:31PM -0800,
> > Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote
> > a message of 1136 lines which said:
> >
> > > But why would AliExpress be redirecting to DDN space? Is this
> > > legitimate? Ali hoping to get away with squatting, or something
> > > else?
> >
> > No idea. The IP address does not reply to HTTP requests, anyway. A
> > practical joke?
> >
> > Note that this redirection takes places only when there is no
> > User-Agent field. If you say 'User-Agent: Mozilla', you get a proper
> > redirection, in my case to https://fr.aliexpress.com/.