http://dns2go.com Quoting Mark Phillips : > OK, How do I change my name servers or run my own? How much of a system > do I need? Can I use an old Pentium 266 MHZ laptop to run my own name > server? Or, do I just point my router/gateway somewhere else other than > what cox gives me? How do I prevent Cox from changing the name servers > in my Linksys router? > > Does that violate my agreement with Cox? Will they know? Should I care? > > I think I might be seeing a little lite at the end of the tunnel - PLUG > is great!! > > Mark > > JD Austin wrote: > > > Kevin wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 09:17, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> > >> > >>> mark@latitude610:~$ cat /etc/hosts > >>> > >> > >> > >> Looks good. > >> > >> > >> > >>> mark@latitude610:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf > >>> > >> > >> > >> Looks good. > >> > >> > >> > >>> I will check the sites that cause the problem.....I have to wait for > >>> it to happen! > >>> > >> > >> > >> Whoa. Maybe I missed this in your initial post, but I thought this was > >> happening consistently. If it comes and goes, that might indicate > >> upstream DNS poisoning. If/when you see it again, try changing the > >> nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf to something off the Cox network. Just > >> a thought. > >> > >> ...Kevin > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> > > > > I've never encountered spyware or viruses that affect Linux at all. > > This could be a dns injection issue where cox's name server has been > > compromised. There used to be exploit's in bind that would allow > > people to change the memory cached dns records. > > Since you're running Linux you could always run your own dns server. > > Back when I had @home I switched to my own dns server and it made a > > huge difference (@home's dns was really slow). > > > > JD > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > R. Whitney Transcend Development "Producing the next phase of your internet presence" http://xend.net Premium Quality Web Hosting http://hosting.xend.net rw AT xend.net Net Binder http://netbinder.net 310-943-6498 602-288-5340 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss