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Re: OT a DNS/phishing puzzle
On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 08:22:19PM -0800, walt wrote:
> The part that worries me is when I do an nslookup on the URL
> (logon.personal.wamu2u.com) I get an IP address in China.
>
> Anyone here understand DNS stuff well enough to explain how
> this happens?
Domain names and netblocks have nothing to do with each other. Two
different hierarchies of agencies are responsible to renting out
those spaces.
> Can anyone else reproduce the results I've listed above?
Yep:
% dig logon.personal.wamu2u.com
;; ANSWER SECTION:
logon.personal.wamu2u.com. 11h57m IN A 218.202.196.149
% whois -h WHOIS.APNIC.NET 218.202.196.149
inetnum: 218.200.0.0 - 218.207.255.255
netname: CMNET
descr: China Mobile Communications Corporation
descr: Mobile Communications Network Operator in China
descr: Internet Service Provider in China
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