Chrome screenshot depicts “nehe.gamedev.net” as opened on Croatian T-Com ISP with their DNS. Black Safari screenshot depicts “nehe.gamedev.net” when using Google’s DNS server.
Reportedly Croatian ISP B-Net also has the same issue.
On B-Net and T-Com, nehe.gamedev.net resolves to 209.62.105.19. Ordinarily it should resolve to 216.185.96.235.
White Safari screenshots depicts what you get when you visit this IP directly. Apparently searchmagnified is not owned by NetworkSolutions because it advertises other registrars.
Could this be some well orchestrated DNS hijack? Or is it just caching gone haywire? (It seems strange that this reputable domain would “revert” to a spyware and ad-troll site and be restored so quickly, but that Croatian ISPs’ DNSs’ would go insane.)
Could it be related to this January 2010 attack against Network Solutions?
From inquiring foreign acquaintances and friends, looks like this is a local problem. Also, here’s some whois and nslookup digging.
The-Evil-MacBook:~ ivucica$ whois gamedev.net
[snip]
Registrant:
Bells & Whistles Software, Inc.
2705 North Carroll Avenue
Southlake, TX 76092
US
Domain Name: GAMEDEV.NET
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Promote your business to millions of viewers for only $1 a month
Learn how you can get an Enhanced Business Listing here for your domain name.
Learn more at http://www.NetworkSolutions.com/
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Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
ZWave, LLC domains@ZWAVE.COM
2705 N CARROLL AVE
SOUTHLAKE, TX 76092-3101
US
(817) 329-9242 fax: (817) 329-9243
Record expires on 26-Mar-2020.
Record created on 26-Mar-1999.
Database last updated on 2-Apr-2010 12:59:27 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS2.ZWAVE.COM 216.234.238.74
NS1.ZWAVE.COM 216.234.238.75
The-Evil-MacBook:~ ivucica$ nslookup
> server 216.234.238.74
Default server: 216.234.238.74
Address: 216.234.238.74#53
> nehe.gamedev.net
Server: 216.234.238.74
Address: 216.234.238.74#53
Name: nehe.gamedev.net
Address: 216.185.96.235
>
Looks like the domain itself is pretty much doing very well! As it stands it looks like it’s truly a DNS hijack, but I’m not exactly a network expert so don’t take my word for it.
