Jan Wildeboer 😷

We should abandon #DNS and just memorise IP addresses, as we did in ye olden days!1!!

#SarcasmButOnlyHalf #AWS #ItsAlwaysDNS

Oct 20 at 9:25amWeb
Show threadMatthew BoothOct 20
@jwildeboer In the olden days you phoned a librarian who looked it up and told you. That's not even a joke!
Show threadnilsOct 20
@jwildeboer Why not distribute a list everyone copies? It works for the root nameservers, no reason to think it wouldn't work for all other names.
Show threadThomasOct 20
@jwildeboer
That'll be interesting with IPv6 😎
Show threadPatrickOct 20
@tpheine @jwildeboer that was my first thought, too. But management is still too scared about it 😄
Show threadStefan SchmidtOct 20
@jwildeboer good luck
Show threadFrancesco P Lovergine Oct 20
@jwildeboer
Nice, distribution of updated /etc/hosts file as in the very first time of the net. Maybe, not too scalable... 😂
Show threadHans Meier 1312Oct 20
@jwildeboer Back to bitnet! Where basically every message was a multicast.
Show threadOliver VanderbOct 20

@jwildeboer

I still remember my own address!

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Show thread ShalienOct 20
@jwildeboer I juste had a loud chat with infra at job so we use can use DNS instead of having to know 100000 ip
Show threaddraeathOct 20
@jwildeboer mandatory meme
Show threadTotalSpaceshipguyOct 20

@jwildeboer

https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/news/2025/Apr/01/phonebook-of-the-internet/

News - The Phone Book of the Internet

A handy booklet with the domain names and IP addresses you need, to keep everything working even when the DNS doesn't.

NLnet Labs
Show threadDiogo ConstantinoOct 20
@jwildeboer this, but with IPv6
Show threadcrumbletiltskinOct 20
@jwildeboer plot twist, this time the addresses are 128bits!
Show threadPaul Mietz EgliOct 21
@jwildeboer See, if we kept #UUCP going, we wouldn’t need this pesky DNS thing. Email me at ucbvax!ucdavis!obscure!paul to join the decentralized revolution.