Blocking Verisign's Hijack

[siljaline]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:55:14 GMT, "|3iff //ullins" <biff.mullins3@3premeditatedfun.com>
wrote:

>good infos.
>
>i read somewhere else that it was a good idea to also add
>sitefinder.verisgn.com to the 'restrcted sites' list in msie and set
>the security for that zone to high. supposedly, that nullifies the
>chance for sitefinder to send you cookies. or does the firewall ip
>block pretty much do the same thing?

HOSTS and Firewall IP block are the best way to go.
You may also change your HOSTS file, if you are running one to a "read-only" attribute,
this prevents hijacks of your HOSTS file, which is becoming common.



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siljaline

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[|3iff //ullins]

lucat bene, der siljaline <siljaline@invalid.com> goh, a hunnert truxx
inero, sumwit kowz n' sumwit duxx on Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:05:37 -0400:

>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:55:14 GMT, "|3iff //ullins" <biff.mullins3@3premeditatedfun.com>
>wrote:
>
>>good infos.
>>
>>i read somewhere else that it was a good idea to also add
>>sitefinder.verisgn.com to the 'restrcted sites' list in msie and set
>>the security for that zone to high. supposedly, that nullifies the
>>chance for sitefinder to send you cookies. or does the firewall ip
>>block pretty much do the same thing?
>
>HOSTS and Firewall IP block are the best way to go.
>
gotcha. thanks for the info.

>You may also change your HOSTS file, if you are running one to a "read-only" attribute,
>this prevents hijacks of your HOSTS file, which is becoming common.
>
will do that. my hosts file mysteriouslly shrank from 150k to
something like 34k just recently. read-only it shall be now.

take care!

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[Roy]

In article <b5mfnv0sn50nsgkgkal6k8ia71bk6f8fdt@4ax.com>,
siljaline@invalid.com says...

> You may also change your HOSTS file, if you are running one to a =
> "read-only" attribute,
> this prevents hijacks of your HOSTS file, which is becoming common.

But it wouldn't be too difficult for that attribute to be changed
without your knowledge.

Another line of defence, but not insurmountable.

Cheers,

Roy