[LINK] itNews: '... DNSChanger shutdown'

Roger Clarke Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Mon Jul 9 13:07:42 AEST 2012


At 9:54 +1000 9/7/12, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>Australian Government DNSChanger Diagnostic
><http://www.dns-ok.gov.au/>http://www.dns-ok.gov.au/

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Roger Clarke 
<<mailto:Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au>Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
>*BUT* I can see nothing that explains what tests the 'dns-ok' site applies.
>Is it invasive?

At 19:47 -0700 8/7/12, Scott Howard wrote:
>It's a completely static website that does nothing on your PC except 
>display a static page.
>Or more correctly, one of two pages.  ...

Thanks Scott.

I could grizzle that 'they should of said so' (to be transparent, and 
to reinforce the need for all web-sites to be transparent, and to 
remind people to think about what they're clicking on);  but I'd be 
quibbling!

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