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Re: OT DNS/routing question


From: Marcin Jessa <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:19:14 +0000

They just set the A record to 127.0.0.2
What's so weird about it?

You can also do some neat tricks with IPv6 too:
host barkas.energyhq.es.eu.org
barkas.energyhq.es.eu.org has address 255.255.255.255
barkas.energyhq.es.eu.org has IPv6 address 2001:470:1f01:198::5


On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:23:52 -0800
walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Like my last DNS question, this one was raised by a phishing
> email asking me to click on this URL:
> http://wamu.securesite.cn/.process-sk/index.php?MfcISAPICommand=SignInFPP&UsingSSL=1&email=&userid=
> 
> Now, this is my puzzle:
> 
> #host wamu.securesite.cn
> wamu.securesite.cn has address 127.0.0.2
> 
> My first thought was that my local DNS server is misconfigured, so I
> tried using the nameserver for securesite.cn and got the same answer.
> 
> #dig @ns2.afraid.org wamu.securesite.cn
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> @ns2.afraid.org wamu.securesite.cn
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12484
> ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 4
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;wamu.securesite.cn.            IN      A
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> wamu.securesite.cn.     43200   IN      A       127.0.0.2
> 
> Do you see why I'm confused?  Are they doing something *really*
> sneaky here, or am I using the DNS tools incorrectly?
> 


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Regards,
M. Jessa
http://www.yazzy.org




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