You know what I've just re-read the article and I have to climb down on this. You're right, he really doesn't do a bad job of describing DNS - or at least he do

You know what I've just re-read the article and I have to climb down on this. You're right, he really doesn't do a bad job of describing DNS - or at least he doesn't mis-describe it. Also he doesn't make it sound intrinsically sinister. I'm not sure what gave me this impression on first reading - except perhaps the feeling that the word "lookup" seemed charged with an evidential meaningfulness that bothers me. Perhaps it was just the general feeling of vagueness hanging over what could be concluded from what he wrote. But overall, you're right. I'm wrong on this. I'll blame a very bad hangover.