FW: How do URLs get hijacked?

[Pinkham, Lida]

Someone asked a question about their friend's domain that was "seemingly"
taken over.  I just got this on another listserv.  I did not take the time
to research its validity, but it might be something worth checking...

-----Original Message-----
From: EDTECH Editor-Gaynor [mailto:edadmin at mail.h-net.msu.edu] 
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: How do URLs get hijacked?


From: Mike Wood <mikew at traverse.com>

>I don't understand how this works. Can someone explain it to me. The other
>day, I was trying to research an educational organization by clinking on a
>link to them: nchem.com. When I got there, I was redirected to a porn site
>by an innocuous "This site has changed" link. Is this legal? How does it
>happen?

Try this link...
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/Domain_Hijacking__A_step-by-step_guid
e.html

Mike Wood
mikew at traverse.com