Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Alexander Hanff
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Originally Posted by bonzoe
The technicalities of this are beyond me, but if there is a problem with the webwise domain (not blocked at firewall level) does this mean that all surfing will cease?
Is the webwise domain on the ISP premises or off site, can the link go down?
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If the webwise system falls over or dns falls over, yes the entire system breaks and you can't access the web. This is one of the issues Dr Clayton discussed when talking about attacks which poison the DNS servers.
Alexander Hanff
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