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Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses
From: "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>
Date: 27 Oct 2023 23:20:06 +0200
It appears that Bryan Fields <Bryan () bryanfields net> said:
-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=- On 10/27/23 7:49 AM, John Levine wrote:But for obvious good reasons, the vast majority of their customers don'tI'd argue that as a service provider deliberately messing with DNS is an obvious bad thing. They're there to deliver packets.
For a network feeding a data center, sure. For a network like Charter's which is feeding unsophisticated nontechnical users, they need all the messing they can get. If you're one of the small minority of retail users that knows enough about the technology to pick your own resolver, go ahead. But it's a reasonable default to keep malware out of Grandma's iPad. R's, John
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- Re: Charter DNS servers returning invalid IP addresses Mark Andrews (Oct 25)
- RE: Charter DNS servers returning invalid IP addresses Greg Dickinson (Oct 25)
- Re: Charter DNS servers returning invalid IP addresses Jason J. Gullickson via NANOG (Oct 25)
- Re: Charter DNS servers returning invalid IP addresses Bryan Fields (Oct 25)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Charter DNS servers returning invalid IP addresses Compton, Rich A (Oct 25)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Charter DNS servers returning invalid IP addresses Bryan Fields (Oct 25)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses John Levine (Oct 27)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses Bryan Fields (Oct 27)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses John Levine (Oct 27)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses Owen DeLong via NANOG (Oct 27)
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- Re: Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses Owen DeLong via NANOG (Oct 27)
- Re: Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses Tom Beecher (Oct 29)
- Re: Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses John Levine (Oct 29)
- RE: Charter DNS servers returning invalid IP addresses Greg Dickinson (Oct 25)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses Jay R. Ashworth (Oct 28)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses Delong.com via NANOG (Oct 28)
- Re: Charter DNS servers returning invalid IP addresses Mark Andrews (Oct 25)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses John R. Levine (Oct 29)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses Livingood, Jason via NANOG (Oct 30)
- Re: [EXTERNAL] Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses John R. Levine (Oct 30)