There's an example in this article:
http://domainincite.com/bit-squatting-%E2%80%93-the-latest-r...
Also, could ECC memory for clients solve this problem?
http://domainincite.com/bit-squatting-%E2%80%93-the-latest-r...
Also, could ECC memory for clients solve this problem?
ECC memory solves the problem, however there are many components that don't have it, even in servers: NICs, HDDs/SSDs, or routers on the path.
The most hits reported by the researcher were related to FarmVille, and what appeared to be caching of DNS entries by a Facebook CDN. But there were instances of Windows software updates and iPhone activations as well.
I'm astonished that they got so many hits with that. Someone bit-squatting with many different combinations of the same domain can really do some damage...
0110110101101001011000110_1_1100100110111101110011011011110110011001110100
micr2soft is:
0110110101101001011000110_0_1100100110111101110011011011110110011001110100
The important bit is the one between the underscores.
And by the way, there are "only" 72 (9 characters x 8 bits) domains to register to cover all the 1-bit error for microsoft.com. If one discards not-valid characters like _,. or A-Z, it might actually be way less...