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Comcast Intercepts and Redirects Port 53 Traffic 527

An anonymous reader writes "An interesting (and profane) writeup of one frustrated user's discovery that Comcast is actually intercepting DNS requests bound for non-Comcast DNS servers and redirecting them to their own servers. I had obviously heard of the DNS hijacking for nonexistent domains, but I had no idea they'd actually prevent people from directly contacting their own DNS servers." If true, this is a pretty serious escalation in the Net Neutrality wars. Someone using Comcast, please replicate the simple experiment spelled out in the article and confirm or deny the truth of it. Also, it would be useful if someone using Comcast ran the ICSI Netalyzr and posted the resulting permalink in the comments.

Comment Re:are you going to pay me? (Score 1) 260

"All consultants (except, perhaps, lawyers) do things gratis now and then in an effort to accrue good will. " My wife is a lawyer at a large firm, and they do PLENTY of work free or at a reduced rate for good and/or longstanding clients. Just because they're well-paid, doesn't mean they're immune to the niceties of the business world...

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