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Re: Show HN: DNS over Wikipedia

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Just because it's doing key-value pairs does not mean it's DNS. If I can't `dig` it, it's not DNS. This is simply doing HTTP redirects and works with no other protocols.

Hm, there are plenty of DNS records (not to mention all the custom ones all around the world) that you won't be able to `dig` but most people would still call DNS.

Can you provide an example of one that you can't 'dig'? I have my doubts.

Re: Show HN: DNS over Wikipedia

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This may be a little off topic, but has anyone ever considered a web standard that includes a cryptographic signed file in a standard "well known" location that would contain content such as - Domains used by the site (first party) - Domains used by the site (third party) - Methods allowed per domain. - CDN's used by the site - A records and their current IP addresses - Reporting URL for errors Then include the publi…

That's a good use case for blockchain, in regards to the "consensus aggregation of data" that you mentioned.

Why would you need a blockchain for this? This would just be a text document sitting at $domain/.well-known/$blah and verifiable by virtue of being signed with a cert that's valid for $domain.

Re: Show HN: DNS over Wikipedia

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Verifiability is about the ability to check some information using reliable sources ; it has nothing to do with having “verified versions” of pages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes

Thanks, that’s more like this.

Re: Show HN: DNS over Wikipedia

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Hm, there are plenty of DNS records (not to mention all the custom ones all around the world) that you won't be able to `dig` but most people would still call DNS.

Can you provide an example of one that you can't 'dig'? I have my doubts.

One example: I can't seem to get dig to work with URI records (but I might be missing some flag). Doing `dig URI _kerberos.hasvickygoneonholiday.com` returns "no servers could be reached" while doing `kdig URI _kerberos.hasvickygoneonholiday.com` returns the proper records.

So seems to be a proper DNS record, but I can't make it work with dig.

Re: Show HN: DNS over Wikipedia

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Can you provide an example of one that you can't 'dig'? I have my doubts.

One example: I can't seem to get dig to work with URI records (but I might be missing some flag). Doing `dig URI _kerberos.hasvickygoneonholiday.com` returns "no servers could be reached" while doing `kdig URI _kerberos.hasvickygoneonholiday.com` returns the proper records. So seems to be a proper DNS record, but I can't make it work with dig.

Plain old "dig" works for me! I suspect it may be an older version of dig you're using? This is DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1ubuntu2.1-Ubuntu on Ubuntu 19.10 ...

Re: Show HN: DNS over Wikipedia

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One example: I can't seem to get dig to work with URI records (but I might be missing some flag). Doing `dig URI _kerberos.hasvickygoneonholiday.com` returns "no servers could be reached" while doing `kdig URI _kerberos.hasvickygoneonholiday.com` returns the proper records. So seems to be a proper DNS record, but I can't make it work with dig.

Plain old "dig" works for me! I suspect it may be an older version of dig you're using? This is DiG 9.11.5-P4-5.1ubuntu2.1-Ubuntu on Ubuntu 19.10 ...

Strange, but thanks for letting me know! I'm on my Ubuntu laptop now, so `DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.11-Ubuntu` and it works too! But initially tried on my Arch Linux desktop, where it didn't work, and I would expect my desktop to run a more recent version than my laptop. Very strange, will take another look.

Re: Show HN: DNS over Wikipedia

#108
Does this comply with the terms of service? I know this won’t be a popular reply and that’s fine, but I just want to know whether your admittedly intriguing concept isn’t taking the piss :)
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