[App_rpt-users] Got a strange error in my AT&T gateway

[David Shaw]

Well there you have it. If KB4FXC is right. AT&T hijacked your packet and
your router acted appropriately. So I'll check to see if https will work or
not. But you'r router is still freaking out.

David



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Thanks, David

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On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 11:04 AM, David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:

>
> George,
>
> I sent you a link to a related, but wrong article, earlier.  This link
> explains what is going on:
>
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/
> 03/atts-plan-to-watch-your-web-browsing-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/
>
> So, basically, what "hijacked" means is that the DNS entry for
> stats.allstarlink.org has been spoofed by AT&T, and those queries have
> been redirected to an AT&T proxy server (AKA: man in the middle) for
> "evaluation" before passing the request along to the REAL stats server.
>
> DNS hijacking is becoming a serious problem these days, even if you set
> your DNS server explicitly to a well known address---like google
> (8.8.8.8)....This problem is one reason so much traffic on the Internet
> these days uses TLS (https), since using TLS will at least notify you of
> an invalid host (like a proxy server). BUT, be aware that even using TLS
> doesn't eliminate this man-in-the-middle problem, it just makes it easier
> to spot.
>
> 73, David KB4FXC
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2017, George Csahanin wrote:
>
> > Maybe I wasn't clear on this point.
> >
> > host=stats.allstarlink.org url=/uhandler.php is a valid line from
> rpt.conf, well, technically http://stats.allstarlink.org/uhandler.php is.
> > And my stats show up in stats.allstarlink.org
> >
> > I found this on ATT forum, from another user (oddly, NOT from AT&T):
> > */"the correct information in regards to the " hijacked" description
> > endings in the logs.  They are stating that the/**/*Gateway*/**/has
> hijacked the connection, and is providing responses.  It does not
> > mean that an external party has hijacked the connection.  The gateway
> > does this to send you error messages (i.e. in your browser), but it
> > usually causes more harm than it does good./*"
> >
> > I'll ignore this log entry. The daily reboot is still a mystery, sort
> of...it IS AT&T
> >
> > GeorgeC
> > 2360
> >
> >
> > On 7/29/2017 12:29 PM, George Csahanin wrote:
> > > Hi all. I've been seeing a daily reboot of my AT&T gateway, has done
> > > it three times now. Looked at the logs in the AT&T box and I see
> several:
> > >
> > > host=stats.allstarlink.org url=/uhandler.php hijacked
> > >
> > > Anybody know what this might mean?
> > >
> > > GeorgeC
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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