This is mostly informational and may have already hit this group. My google-foo failed me if so.
I discovered that the CenturyLink/Level(3) public DNS (4.2.2.2, etc) are spoofing all domains. If the hostname begins with a "w" and does not exist in the authoritative zone these hosts will return two Akamai hosts. [root@localhost ~]# dig +short w3.dummydomaindoesntexist.gov @4.2.2.2 23.202.231.167 23.217.138.108 [root@localhost ~]# dig +short w3.dummydomaindoesntexist.net @4.2.2.2 23.202.231.167 23.217.138.108 [root@localhost ~]# dig +short w3.dummydomaindoesntexist.com @4.2.2.2 23.202.231.167 23.217.138.108 [root@localhost ~]# dig +short w3.dummydomaindoesntexist.org @4.2.2.2 23.202.231.167 23.217.138.108 My apologies if this is old news. Lawrence Q. Marshall --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered safely by Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
