Using your HOSTS file to avoid seeing sightfinder (WAS: Petition against VeriSlime's DNS abuse)

["Exibar" <exibar () thelair com>]

It sounds like it's cached perhaps as you mentioned.  After saving your
HOSTS file, head out to www.verisign-can-suck-my-hairy-balls.com and hit
CTRL-F5 if you get sightfinder and not Google's error page, the CTRL-F5 will
refresh from the server and not from Cache.

  It really does work for me here, really really :0-)

  Exibar

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael J McCafferty [mailto:mike () m5computersecurity com]
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 2:11 PM
To: Exibar; full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: RE: [inbox] Re: [Full-disclosure] Petition against VeriSlime's
DNS abuse



Interesting. When I read your message I thought about it, then tried it. It
did NOT work for me, on my XP SP1 all patches. Maybe the sitefinder IP is
cached for me somewhere.

The problem though is that the path is gibberish to Google. If only Google
put a search box on their error page. :o)

At 01:56 AM 9/20/2003 -0400, Exibar wrote:
> It DOES work for me :-)  I'm running Windows XP w/sp1 and all patches.
>
>   Here's a cut/paste of the web page I get sent too, of course the actual
> page is prettier.
>
> Google
> Error
>
>
> Not Found
> The requested URL
> /lpc?url=www.verisign-can-suck-my-balls.com&host=www.verisign-can-suck-my-b
a
> lls.com was not found on this server.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com]On Behalf Of Michael J
> McCafferty
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:56 PM
> To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: RE: [inbox] Re: [Full-disclosure] Petition against VeriSlime's
> DNS abuse
>
>
>
> No, that won't work. That'll only send you to Google if you request
> sitefinder.verisign.com specifically. It will not send you to Google if you
> misspell the domain. If you wanted to see Google, you would have to have
> the misspelled domain in your hosts file.
>
>
> At 08:34 PM 9/19/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> > 
> > nah, all you need is to enter the following line in your HOSTS file:
> >
> > 216.239.53.99 sitefinder.verisign.com
> >
> >   That way you'll get google's error message and never have to see
> > Verisign's shit again :-)
> >
> >   Exibar
>
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