Re:DNS Toys (2022)
by ulrischa on Sunday January 07, 2024 @03:43AM
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Nice, but why over DNS? Perhaps I simply didn't get the point.
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For fun.
Re:DNS Toys (2022)
by WanderPanda on Sunday January 07, 2024 @04:57AM
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dns clients come preinstalled on virtually any os
what dns clients does one have in windows 8 or windows 10 ?
`nslookup` for a command prompt utility, the `DnsClient` PowerShell module, and the DNS Client graphical utility.
Re:DNS Toys (2022)
by TheNorthman on Sunday January 07, 2024 @05:48AM
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`nslookup`
Re:DNS Toys (2022)
by n_plus_1_acc on Sunday January 07, 2024 @01:53PM
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nslookup comes with the OS
Often passed through firewalls or effectively proxied through resolvers
DNS is everywhere. It offers massive caching potential. It is well-understood and there are multiple, interoperating, implementations. It is a data diode, which is to say read-only, which can simplify some risk assessments related to attack surface.
The README for this project may explain some of the general benefits (my project): https://github.com/m3047/rkvdns
HTTP is everywhere. I think SOAP sucks, but it's everywhere and it works well enough. (For that matter XHR sucks, but even I use it occasionally.)
(This is not the first time DNS Toys has shown up on Hacker News, there's a link in another comment.)