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Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hos

Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft DNS resolver: deliberately sabotaged hosts-file lookup
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:39:57 -0700
hi

A.L.M.Buxey@lboro.ac.uk wrote:
hi,

...makes me wonder what happens if/when they need to change the
IP address of go.microsoft.com

many many people have already been burnt by the hardcoding of
addresses/IPs into their applications.

thats the point. its not the ip which is hardcoded. its the fqdn which is extempted from being lookud up in the local hosts-file. DaveK is absolutely right with his expressions about this behaviour. i neither do believe this is an attempt to prevent some malware from interrupting ms-autoupdate. you see ... even microsoft would never be that shortsighted!!! (errm ... at least i hope so)

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