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MySpace DNS poisened?

 October 30, 2006
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What is wrong with this picture?

% dig myspace.com
...
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;myspace.com.                   IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
myspace.com.            85833   IN      A       216.178.32.50
myspace.com.            85833   IN      A       216.178.32.51
myspace.com.            85833   IN      A       127.0.0.1
myspace.com.            85833   IN      A       216.178.32.48
myspace.com.            85833   IN      A       216.178.32.49

I tried from a couple of points on the internet, and I’m getting the same result. Sounds like somebody managed to insert themselves between a hapless user and MySpace. One can guess what they are up to …

This is the kind of attack we’ll have to watch out for around OpenID.

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