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OT: www.Amazon.com down?

Subject: OT: www.Amazon.com down?
From: jay at west.net (Jay Hennigan)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:30:04 -0700
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Adam Fields wrote:

> This is rather suspicious (and confirmed by three other people):
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> $ whois amazon.com
> 
> AMAZON.COM.ZZZZZ.GET.LAID.AT.WWW.SWINGINGCOMMUNITY.COM
> AMAZON.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
> AMAZON.COM.IS.N0T.AS.1337.AS.WWW.GULLI.COM
> AMAZON.COM
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> whois for yahoo.com and google.com yield similar results.
> 
> I expect this means that DNS has been compromised somewhere.

No compromise, just people getting cute by registering host records. 
Microsoft.com is a mild example...

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References:
- TINet stretches out in North America
  - From: frnkblk at iname.com (Frank Bulk - iNAME)
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- OT: www.Amazon.com down?
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