Wikipedia over DNS

#1

Post by chanux » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 1:02 AM UTC

Wikipedia over DNS
dgl.cx

Re: Wikipedia over DNS

#2

Post by graywh » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 2:32 AM UTC

Like something straight out of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother. Awesome.

Re: Wikipedia over DNS

#3

Post by csarva » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 3:01 AM UTC

Very cool hack. I especially love the inclusion of the Perl code to "use" it, as if leaving it out would leave people thinking "this is cool, but how can I use it in perl?!"

Re: Wikipedia over DNS

#4

Post by millar » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 4:01 AM UTC

You can try this using the native OS DNS lookup tools as well -

Linux: dig hacker.wp.dg.cx TXT Windows: nslookup -type=TXT hacker.wp.dg.cx

Re: Wikipedia over DNS

#5

Post by allyt » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 4:48 AM UTC

DNS is basically a huge associative array [which] gets cached at nameservers

Uhoh. This might be a dangerous meme.

Re: Wikipedia over DNS

#6

Post by jf » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 5:03 AM UTC

millar wrote: post #4

You can try this using the native OS DNS lookup tools as well - Linux: dig hacker.wp.dg.cx TXT Windows: nslookup -type=TXT hacker.wp.dg.cx

Web browser: http://dig.jsondns.org/IN/hacker.wp.dg.cx/TXT

Re: Wikipedia over DNS

#7

Post by jf » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 5:06 AM UTC

allyt wrote: post #5

DNS is basically a huge associative array [which] gets cached at nameservers Uhoh. This might be a dangerous meme.

My favorite abuse of DNS is Dan Kaminsky using it to stream DNS.

Re: Wikipedia over DNS

#8

Post by ash » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 6:06 AM UTC

Cool! It should probably work in non-free Wi-Fi zones.

Re: Wikipedia over DNS

#9

Post by allyt » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 6:42 AM UTC

jf wrote: post #7

allyt wrote: post #5

DNS is basically a huge associative array [which] gets cached at nameservers Uhoh. This might be a dangerous meme.

My favorite abuse of DNS is Dan Kaminsky using it to stream DNS.

Explain or link, please?

Re: Wikipedia over DNS

#10

Post by acg » Thu, Apr 01, 2010, 8:14 AM UTC

allyt wrote: post #9

jf wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My favorite abuse of DNS is Dan Kaminsky using it to stream DNS.

Explain or link, please?

Perhaps this: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-12/ff_kamins...

He tunnelled low-bandswith video over DNS, before finding a more serious bug in DNS.