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Re: ctrl-c doesn't reliably kill ping
- From: cyg Simple <cygsimple at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:51:23 -0400
- Subject: Re: ctrl-c doesn't reliably kill ping
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- References: <56E6F25A dot 7070000 at gmx dot de> <56E75B3E dot 7020102 at farance dot com> <54382838 dot 20160315140038 at yandex dot ru> <9ee672500661e37c240d30d8413ca0af at mail dot kylheku dot com>
On 3/16/2016 12:56 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> On 15.03.2016 04:00, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, Frank Farance!
>>> So all of this is normal ISP stuff: they actually resolve unknown
>>> addresses to
>>> their own website (which is 90.242.140.21).
>>
>> This is NOT "normal", this is a violation of protocol.
>> Whoever encounter such behavior should call their ISP and tell them to
>> stop
>> doing it.
>
> Or don't tell them anything and just find an alternative DNS upstream
> for your network.
My ISP for my connection to the WWW is the one that is doing the
inappropriate redirects. I sometime get these even when using VPN to my
employer's intranet. My ISP also provides phone and TV Cable and I'm
guessing that the accepted practiced exception is practiced by all such
companies.
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