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Domain blocking: Why am I getting the phishing warning on is.gd site?

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    • CommentAuthorbsegal
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2009
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    This is a URL compression service and does not appear to have anything to do with phishing. It also does not report as a phishing site on http://www.opendns.com/support/checker/
    • CommentAuthormaintenance
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2009 edited
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    Interesting. This has cropped up recently for a different URL shortening service.
    While this is exactly the sort of thing that is used for phishing, and is really quite insecure unless you check the real link first, it really shouldn't be classified as phishing (and isn't). http://longurl.org/ So why the warning? I don't know.

    I suggest you open a support ticket for this. I'd ask if you clicked the link available on the page (the "Tell us why" link), but it is non-functional.
    javascript:changeDisplayState('theform') does not work for me. So you might mention that while asking them to review the problem.

    --OK, wait, actually, I just tried it in IE, and it works. I re-tried it in SM, and it works now. No idea why.

    So, try clicking that link to get OpenDNS to review this.

    I suggest whitelisting the domain until the issue is resolved.

    Edit: Ah, it was bt.ly. http://forums.opendns.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=4146
    • CommentAuthortveloso
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2009 edited
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    I'm getting the same problem. OpenDNS shouldn't consider a URL shortener as phishing scam website, althouth it can make it easier to spread phishing.
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    Well, there is an error somewhere, as URL shortening services don't seem to be listed as filtered in the phishing category. I suggest whitelisting until the URL shortening issue is resolved. TinyURL.com works fine.

    I wonder if it has anything to do with the TLDs .gd & .ly, and the way they are delegated?
    (Grenada & Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
    • CommentAuthorjondagle
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2009
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    Same problem here with is.gd. Failed on two trys, but after a few minutes and a third try, its now working. Strange.
    • CommentAuthorrotblitz
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2009
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    @jondagle
    Did you get this: http://phish.opendns.com/?url=is.gd ?
    If not, then it is nothing to do with OpenDNS or DNS in general.
    Phishing sites do not become non-phishing sites just because of a few retrials...
    • CommentAuthorinfinity306
    • CommentTimeJun 30th 2009 edited
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    as I mentioned in the other thread in more detail, the problem is that when a phisher uses a URL shortener, and it gets submitted to Opendns all opendns sees is the domain name since it can't do anything about anything else.. so is.gd/? is only seen as is.gd and bingo is.gd gets blocked..

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