Comment 12 for bug 389909

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Michael DePaulo (mikedep333) wrote :

Just thought I'd point out that wikipedia has a section on this practice by ISPs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking#Use_by_ISPs

Also, my preferred workaround, either for individual machines by themselves, or for entire networks, is to use a real public DNS service. The only one I know of is Google Public DNS.
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/