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Re: Fw: is it a fake adobe site?, A Brief Analysis

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From: ejp10
Date: Aug 23, 2010 2:06PM

FWIW - I went to the homepage of http://www.adobe.ge and checked to see where the shopping/purchasing links went to, and they did indeed go to the same location as they would have from http://www.adobe.com. However the rotating front pages were different.

It is possible that Adobe is maintaining a series of English language mirrors for globalization purposes. It could be that technologists in Georgia are accustomed to working in English, but want a local domain. Or maybe it's a test bed.

It is an interesting mystery...,

Elizabeth

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> From: Terrill Bennett < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Date: August 23, 2010 8:29:44 AM EDT
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Fw: is it a fake adobe site?, A Brief Analysis
> Reply-To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." It's always better to provide a "How To," don't you agree?
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> While any website can be spoofed or hijacked, large companies like Adobe usually notice and fix it fast. That in mind, my short, non-definative analysis is: adobe.ge belongs and redirects to adobe.com.
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> I used ping from my laptop, and two online tools (ipinfodb.com which does a lookup, and traceroute via network-tools.com). The results are below. Enjoy!
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>
> === adobe.ge ==>
> C:> ping -n 1 adobe.ge
>
> Pinging adobe.ge [192.150.18.117] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 192.150.18.117: bytes=32 time=125ms TTL=241
>
> Ping statistics for 192.150.18.117:
> Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 125ms, Maximum = 125ms, Average = 125ms
>
> http://www.ipinfodb.com/ip_locator.php?ip=adobe.ge
> * IP address : 192.150.18.117
> * Country : United States
> * State/Province : California
> * City : San Jose
> * Zip or postal code : 95110
> * Latitude : 37.3422
> * Longitude : -121.905
> * Timezone : America/Los_Angeles
> * Gmtoffset : -7
> * Local time : August 23 04:58:52
> * Hostname : 192.150.18.117
>
> === Adobe.com ==>
> C:> ping -n 1 adobe.com
>
> Pinging adobe.com [192.150.18.117] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 192.150.18.117: bytes=32 time=123ms TTL=241
>
> Ping statistics for 192.150.18.117:
> Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 123ms, Maximum = 123ms, Average = 123ms
>
> http://www.ipinfodb.com/ip_locator.php?ip=adobe.com
>
> * IP address : 192.150.18.117
> * Country : United States
> * State/Province : California
> * City : San Jose
> * Zip or postal code : 95110
> * Latitude : 37.3422
> * Longitude : -121.905
> * Timezone : America/Los_Angeles
> * Gmtoffset : -7
> * Local time : August 23 05:00:08
> * Hostname : 192.150.18.117
>
> ==============> === TraceRoute ==> ==============>
> http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=express&;host=adobe.ge
>
> IP address: 192.150.18.117
> Host name: adobe.ge
>
> Alias:
> adobe.ge
> 192.150.18.117 is from United States(US) in region North America
>
>
> TraceRoute to 192.150.18.117 [adobe.ge]
> Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
> 1 174 173 212 72.249.128.109 -
> 2 178 229 234 8.9.232.73 xe-5-3-0.edge3.dallas1.level3.net
> 3 99 128 95 4.69.145.204 ae-4-90.edge2.dallas3.level3.net
> 4 151 149 113 4.68.63.226 ntt-level3-te.dallas3.level3.net
> 5 112 155 204 129.250.4.25 ae-4.r21.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
> 6 129 170 159 129.250.4.25 ae-4.r21.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
> 7 104 87 134 129.250.5.57 ae-2.r07.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net
> 8 118 147 138 128.241.219.86 xe-0-2-0-3.r07.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net
> 9 87 81 81 192.150.18.11 -
> 10 88 106 106 192.150.18.117 -
>
> Trace complete
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>
> Retrieving DNS records for adobe.ge...
>
> DNS servers
> adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
> adobe-dns.adobe.com
> adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
>
> Answer records
> adobe.ge SOA
> server: adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
> email: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> serial: 2008013025
> refresh: 10800
> retry: 1800
> expire: 1036800
> minimum ttl: 86400
> 86400s
> adobe.ge MX
> preference: 3
> exchange: adobe.com.mail7.psmtp.com
> 86400s
> adobe.ge MX
> preference: 4
> exchange: adobe.com.mail8.psmtp.com
> 86400s
> adobe.ge MX
> preference: 5
> exchange: smtp-relay-man.adobe.com
> 86400s
> adobe.ge MX
> preference: 100
> exchange: filter-relay-1.adobe.com
> 86400s
> adobe.ge MX
> preference: 100
> exchange: filter-relay-2.adobe.com
> 86400s
> adobe.ge MX
> preference: 1
> exchange: adobe.com.mail5.psmtp.com
> 86400s
> adobe.ge MX
> preference: 2
> exchange: adobe.com.mail6.psmtp.com
> 86400s
> adobe.ge A 192.150.18.117 86400s
> adobe.ge NS adobe-dns-2.adobe.com 86400s
> adobe.ge NS adobe-dns-3.adobe.com 86400s
> adobe.ge NS adobe-dns.adobe.com 86400s
>
> Authority records
>
> Additional records
> smtp-relay-man.adobe.com A 192.150.11.200 86400s
> filter-relay-1.adobe.com A 192.150.11.140 86400s
> filter-relay-2.adobe.com A 192.150.11.141 86400s
> adobe-dns.adobe.com A 192.150.11.30 86400s
> adobe-dns-2.adobe.com A 192.150.11.247 86400s
> adobe-dns-3.adobe.com A 192.150.22.30 86400s
>
>
> Whois query for adobe.ge...
>
> Query error: No whois server known for the given domain
>
> Network IP address lookup:
>
>
> Whois query for 192.150.18.117...
>
> Results returned from whois.arin.net:
>
> #
> # The following results may also be obtained via:
> # http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=192.150.18.117?showDetails=true&showARIN=false
> #
>
> NetRange: 192.150.18.0 - 192.150.18.255
> CIDR: 192.150.18.0/24
> OriginAS:
> NetName: ADOBE42
> NetHandle: NET-192-150-18-0-1
> Parent: NET-192-0-0-0-0
> NetType: Direct Assignment
> NameServer: ADOBE-DNS.ADOBE.COM
> NameServer: ADOBE-DNS-3.ADOBE.COM
> NameServer: ADOBE-DNS-2.ADOBE.COM
> RegDate: 1992-06-25
> Updated: 2008-11-10
> Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-192-150-18-0-1
>
> OrgName: Adobe Systems Inc.
> OrgId: ADOBES-Z
> Address: 345 Park Avenue
> City: San Jose
> StateProv: CA
> PostalCode: 95110
> Country: US
> RegDate: 2008-03-21
> Updated: 2008-11-10
> Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/ADOBES-Z
>
> OrgTechHandle: INTER86-ARIN
> OrgTechName: Internet Administrator
> OrgTechPhone: +1-408-536-2800
> OrgTechEmail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/INTER86-ARIN
>
> OrgAbuseHandle: NOC3375-ARIN
> OrgAbuseName: Network Operations Center
> OrgAbusePhone: +1-408-536-2800
> OrgAbuseEmail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/NOC3375-ARIN
>
> OrgNOCHandle: NOC3375-ARIN
> OrgNOCName: Network Operations Center
> OrgNOCPhone: +1-408-536-2800
> OrgNOCEmail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> OrgNOCRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/NOC3375-ARIN
>
> RTechHandle: JF790-ARIN
> RTechName: Fitzgerald, Jim
> RTechPhone: +1-206-675-7286
> RTechEmail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> RTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/JF790-ARIN
>
> #
> # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
> # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
> #
>
> We return now to the Accessibility Topics already in progress...
>
>
>

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D.
Instructional Designer
Education Technology Services, TLT/ITS
Penn State University
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