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Re:The CNAME of the Game: Large-scale Analysis of DNS-based ... by JdeBP on Friday March 05, 2021 @10:58AM (#26358253)
It's called "CNAME Flattening" (or "ALIAS records") and has been widely available from hosting providers since 2014. I was talking about server-side aliases a decade before that, and I was far from the only person doing so.

You have the explanation right. But your hypothetical future dystopia is actually the world of today. (-:

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