weird: just enter "my" in IE/FF

[flexy]

you can also type "ping my" or "tracert my" in CMD.

I actually did not know that.....interesting.

Edit: where does this get assigned ? for sure not in my hosts-file.
Is this standard with TCP/IP ?

 

[PELarson]

Originally posted by: flexy
you can also type "ping my" or "tracert my" in CMD.

I actually did not know that.....interesting.

Edit: where does this get assigned ? for sure not in my hosts-file.
Is this standard with TCP/IP ?

Not standard. YOU most likely set it in YOUR host file or whoever setup your DNS server setup a alias!

 

[RebateMonger]

It doesn't do anything on my PC.

"...could not find host my."

 

[InlineFive]

Yeah, it must be something in your HOSTS file. Either that or a DNS server upstream has been modified or tampered with.

Check <Drive>:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc and open the HOSTS file with a text editor. Make sure there is no entry for "my". It should resemble this one:

<<hosts files>>
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
<</hosts file>>

:sun:

 

[spidey07]

It isn't standard for tcp/ip.

somehow, someway your computer did a name query, and somebody answered it.

this could be a dns server, this could be a wins server, this could be another windows computer named my.

also, windows will append search domains when you don't use a fully qualified domain name (ie, you just use a hostname) in an attempt to resolve the name. it will also append .com and .net and .org.

The onlyway for you to really see what is happening is load up ethreal and then capture what is going on/who is resolving the name for you.