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Re: Google DNS at 010.010.010.010

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Post by zh3 »

pxc wrote: post #21
zh3 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ever tried to google 192.168.1.1? Here at least it gives lots of bogosity (all in the name of keeping us safe from what we actually wanted to get to).

Google is for web search, and http://192.168.1.1 is not on the web

...in which case they shouldn't give misleading replies like "192.168.l.l", n'est ce pas?

Re: Google DNS at 010.010.010.010

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Post by dcminter »

boramalper wrote: post #2

I found this quite amusing as it seems as if Google is trying to impersonate Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1, whereas 010.010.010.010 is indeed the octal representation of 8.8.8.8. Credit: IPv4 addresses are silly, inet_aton(3) doubly so. https://www.netmeister.org/blog/inet_aton.html

For clarity - 8.8.8.8 has been around as a free public DNS for a good bit longer than 1.1.1.1 has

I think you probably know that already, but there are at least a couple of ways to interpret what you wrote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Public_DNS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1.1.1.1

Re: Google DNS at 010.010.010.010

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Post by jcims »

This is the first time I've seen a certificate issued to an IP address. Cloudflare does the same thing for 1.1.1.1.

   X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
       DNS:dns.google, DNS:dns.google.com, 
       DNS:*.dns.google.com, DNS:8888.google, 
       DNS:dns64.dns.google, 
       IP Address:8.8.8.8, IP Address:8.8.4.4, 
       IP Address:2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:8888, 
       IP Address:2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:8844, 
       IP Address:2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:6464, 
       IP Address:2001:4860:4860:0:0:0:0:64
I'm guessing this is in part for network device auth? DNS over HTTPS?

Re: Google DNS at 010.010.010.010

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Post by JoshTriplett »

dang wrote: post #44
EE84M3i wrote: post #4

For me the link on HN is to https://dns.google/ but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be to https://010.010.010.010/ (which redirects, for me). Did the admins change it?

Our software follows redirects now. Obviously that's not correct in cases like this; but it's so much of an improvement in other cases that I don't want to roll it back. Not sure what to do yet really. I've changed the URL above back to https://010.010.010.010/ now. Thanks!

Interestingly, Firefox canonicalizes such links to the decimal IP address: if you hover over it, you see https://8.8.8.8/ , and if you click on it that's where you end up.
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