Comments on: openDNS: Use Exit, Moron! http://www.rebelzero.com/internet/opendns-use-exit-moron/185 We don't do Windoze Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:19:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam Stovicek http://www.rebelzero.com/internet/opendns-use-exit-moron/185/comment-page-1#comment-385 Adam Stovicek Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:48:41 +0000 http://www.rebelzero.com/?p=185#comment-385 Thanks, Mike, for the explanation. If it hadn't been so late in the evening, I probably would've expanded on it more and not specifically referenced openDNS. In any event, you have to appreciate the length at which Time Warner's tech support goes to help its customer. Thanks, Mike, for the explanation. If it hadn’t been so late in the evening, I probably would’ve expanded on it more and not specifically referenced openDNS. In any event, you have to appreciate the length at which Time Warner’s tech support goes to help its customer.

]]> By: Mike D http://www.rebelzero.com/internet/opendns-use-exit-moron/185/comment-page-1#comment-384 Mike D Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:08:08 +0000 http://www.rebelzero.com/?p=185#comment-384 Because 'quit' is not a command, nslookup is appending your search domain 'neo.rr.com' and attempting to look it up. Someone at Road Runner appears to have configured 'quit.neo.rr.com' to be a CNAME to what you saw, which OpenDNS returns just like any other record. You can verify this by querying another non-OpenDNS server: $ dig +short quit.neo.rr.com. @4.2.2.1 use-exit-moron.neo.rr.com. :) Because ‘quit’ is not a command, nslookup is appending your search domain ‘neo.rr.com’ and attempting to look it up.

Someone at Road Runner appears to have configured ‘quit.neo.rr.com’ to be a CNAME to what you saw, which OpenDNS returns just like any other record.

You can verify this by querying another non-OpenDNS server:
$ dig +short quit.neo.rr.com. @4.2.2.1
use-exit-moron.neo.rr.com.

:)

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