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Re: Microsoft the source of all evil?? Simple question
From: John Kim <jdk () BERKELEY EDU>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:26:08 -0800
James Moore wrote:
Anyone know more about “ofallevil.com”. Whois shows it in Bellevue, WA, but it is privacy protected. http://thesource.ofallevil.com/en/us/default.aspx looks very Microsoft. http://www.ofallevil.com/ returns a blank page.
The Bellevue, WA location seems to be the default location for all registered using whoisprivacyprotect.com's service. $ host thesource.ofallevil.com thesource.ofallevil.com is an alias for www.microsoft.com. www.microsoft.com is an alias for toggle.www.ms.akadns.net. toggle.www.ms.akadns.net is an alias for g.www.ms.akadns.net. g.www.ms.akadns.net is an alias for lb1.www.ms.akadns.net. lb1.www.ms.akadns.net has address 207.46.192.254 lb1.www.ms.akadns.net has address 207.46.19.254 lb1.www.ms.akadns.net has address 207.46.193.254 lb1.www.ms.akadns.net has address 207.46.19.190 ... The name server being used is operated by totalenvironment.com. Could be the owner, or could be just a customer of them, since they do provide hosting services. Looks like a relatively harmless prank to me, unless the owner changes the DNS record at some point to something more nefarious once it gets popular enough. -- John Kim System and Network Security http://security.berkeley.edu
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