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		andyp-kw on Dec 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DNS over Wikipedia Wikipedia is acting as a system for domain name retrieval.

Karellen on Dec 2, 2022 [–]

Right, but DNS doesn't retrieve domain names. It uses domain names to retrieve other information.

In DNS, domain names are the keys. In this system, domain names are the values.

zarzavat on Dec 2, 2022 | [–]

Allow me to introduce you to CNAME records.

Sure it’s a very narrow form of DNS...

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