Re: Annoying dynamic DNS updates

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () darkwing uoregon edu>]

anyone who doesn't have the windows messanger service disabled or 
fire-walled. gets huge piles of messenger spam so it will look just like 
more messanger spam to those people.

joelja

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Stewart, William C (Bill), RTSLS wrote:

> Some cable user's machine running default-configured MS apps
> is sending Paul dynamic DNS queries that it shouldn't,
> because somehow it's decided he's got an interesting destination
> (I'm guessing f.root-servers.net ?)
> Paul wants the user to get an error popup about it.
>
> Well, default-configured Microsoft applications have an
> application that lets you send a machine popup dialog boxes;
> it's been discussed here recently because spammers abuse it
> and (related discussion) it uses Port 135, so it might or 
> might not be blocked by Comcast.net.  So the obvious thing
> to do is find whichever program it is you use to send those 
> messages, and start sending popups, guessing that it might not be blocked.
> The user's unlikely to have a clue what to do about them, 
> but if you include a URL, you may get their attention.

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