[TheForge] UMBAonline.org

Thu Dec 12 11:22:00 2002

Still down 10:25AM CST

Mike Graf

Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
> > http://www.umbaonline.org
> >
> > Can anyone access the above URL? Ive tried twice today with no luck.
> 
> No luck here either.
> 
> Net weirdness. umbaonline.com and umbaonline.org are both registered
> to "Upper  Midwest Blacksmith".  www.umbaonline.org resolves to a long
> list of addresses in Earthlink's net block but none of them wants to
> talk to me.  OTOH, www.umbaonline.com redirects to something called
> "isnbank.org" that doesn't look like it has anything to do with
> blacksmithing. -- wants to sell you a mortgage.
> 
> DNS screwup?  Highjacked domain?   Earthlink confused the bank guys
> with the blacksmiths (because the bank guys spammed) and shut down the
> blacksmiths?  Weirdness.
> 
> Probably should contact the UMBA webmaster.
> 
> - Mike
> 
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