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A DNS sinkhole, also known as a sinkhole server, Internet sinkhole, or Blackhole DNS [1] is a Domain Name System (DNS) server that has been configured to hand out non-routable addresses for a certain set of domain names. Computers that use the sinkhole fail to access the real site. [2]
The most common form of black hole is simply an IP address that specifies a host machine that is not running or an address to which no host has been assigned.. Even though TCP/IP provides a means of communicating the delivery failure back to the sender via ICMP, traffic destined for such addresses is often just dropped.
This was granted without notifying No-IP on 26 June 2014, and Microsoft began redirecting domain traffic to their sinkhole. According to No-IP [5] this affected malicious and non malicious users alike, despite Microsoft's erroneous statement of intent to the contrary. Legitimate users of the service were also diverted to the Microsoft sinkhole.
Sinkholes can range in size from a few feet wide to hundreds of acres, and anywhere from 1 to 100 feet or more deep. Sinkholes can swallow up cars, parts of roads and even houses.
A sinkhole is a hole in the earth's surface caused by a collapse in the soil or bedrock. It can also refer to: Sinkhole, a 2021 South Korean disaster comedy film; Battle of the Sink Hole, a battle in the War of 1812; Drain (plumbing), a hole in a sink for draining; DNS sinkhole, a DNS server that points a domain to bogus internet addresses
A huge sinkhole in a street in Surrey is continuing to grow and swallow up more road, with the county council declaring a major incident. The original hole first appeared in Godstone High Street ...
That sinkhole caused blackouts and traffic delays but crews worked around the clock to fix the gaping hole in the busy street. Last year, a sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed an SUV in Seoul ...
2018 Surabaya City sinkhole – a 30 m (98 ft) wide and 15 m (49 ft) deep sinkhole opened up on Gubeng Road in Surabaya, Indonesia during construction work on December 18, 2018. 2022 Tierra Amarilla sinkhole – a 25 m (80 ft) wide and more than 200 m (700 ft) deep sinkhole appeared in the commune of Tierra Amarilla , Atacama Region of Chile ...