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camhart
on Dec 2, 2022
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DNS over Wikipedia
What's the use case? Or just a fun programming task?
Wouldn't this hammer wikipedia unnecessarily? DNS are very quick, lightweight requests.
deelowe
on Dec 2, 2022
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Use cases are given on the github page. It's useful for sites that aren't indexed by Google and for avoiding spam.
davrosthedalek
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This is not doing DNS. This is "domain name autocomplete".
Joker_vD
on Dec 2, 2022
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It's using Wikipedia as a provider for CNAME records. Does it count as DNS?
fundad
on Dec 2, 2022
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No because using this also requires DNS
michaelt
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If you want to visit a site like 'The Pirate Bay' or 'Sci-Hub' by name, Wikipedia provides the URL, whereas google doesn't.
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Wouldn't this hammer wikipedia unnecessarily? DNS are very quick, lightweight requests.