[sgarnett]

The TireRack link on the sponsor page actually points to "http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-1536353-10374977", which is blocked by my employer's firewall because it has been categorized as "Spyware/Malware Sources;Web Advertisements". Direct access to the TireRack site is not blocked.

Is dpbolvw.net legitimate for sponsor click-through tracking, or another attack? The Eastwood link URL also looks suspicious, though I haven't tried clicking it (repeated attempts to access blocked sites are career-limiting). The other sponsor URLs link directly to the normal websites.

[sgarnett]

Well, crap (kinda). My wireless link to the nearest town is often flaky, because it's pointed right at a big horse farm breeding or foaling barn on the next hill (apparently they use monitors on the same frequency). However, a window just popped up saying that Firefox had just finished a big automatic update (thought I had that tuned off ...) and suddenly everything is working fine (well, at least usable). Maybe it's just coincidence, or maybe I couldn't get through a TireRack transaction without hanging because Firefox was slowly plodding through an umpteen megabyte downlaod in the background without telling me.

Oh well, it would still be nice to be able to have other ways to credit a sponsored site.

This post has been edited by sgarnett: Jun 2 2006, 10:55 AM