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What if ipfs.io goes down? The DNS has always been the bottleneck.

by themihai 9y ago

aoeusnth1 9y ago
Spray paint 8.8.8.8 on buildings.
- Asdfbla 9y ago
  Government could probably just block any DNS requests that want to resolve the ipfs.io domain. Though Spain probably does not have the censorship infrastructure deployed for that the way a country like China has.
  - contravariant 9y ago
    Spray paint the IP of ipfs.io? For reference it's 147.135.130.181. Or if you want to go to the Catalan referendum page, it's http://147.135.130.181/ipns/QmZxWEBJBVkGDGaKdYPQUXX4KC5TCWbvuR4iYZrTML8XCR/en/index.html http://147.135.130.181/ipns/QmZxWEBJBVkGDGaKdYPQUXX4KC5TCWbv.... Unfortunately SSL doesn't work, as the certificate is only valid on ipfs.io.
  - Fnoord 9y ago
    This is why DNSCrypt [1] and DNSCurve [2] are a good thing because they encrypt the data between client and resolver. Although they can block all of the traffic to/from any known resolvers, that's draconic and a lot of work, and it is quite a list. Mac/Homebrew users: brew cask install dnscrypt Windows/Chocolatey users: choco install simplednscrypt (or alternative see [3]) Linux: should be in your package manager. Generally, searching for dnscrypt should yield some useful software. It isn't difficult to set up via command line IMO. There's probably howto's to be found via search engine as well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCrypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCrypt [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCurve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCurve [3] https://github.com/Noxwizard/dnscrypt-winclient https://github.com/Noxwizard/dnscrypt-winclient
- cooper12 9y ago
  For anyone unfamiliar, this has happened in Turkey in the past: https://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5532522/turkey-twitter-ban-google-dns-workaround https://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5532522/turkey-twitter-ba.... Although Google DNS shortly ended up being blocked: https://www.extremetech.com/internet/179074-turkey-becomes-first-nation-to-block-google-dns-claims-twitter-is-groveling-at-its-feet https://www.extremetech.com/internet/179074-turkey-becomes-f...

What if ipfs.io goes down? The DNS has always been the bottleneck.

aoeusnth1 9y ago

Spray paint 8.8.8.8 on buildings.

Asdfbla 9y ago
Government could probably just block any DNS requests that want to resolve the ipfs.io domain. Though Spain probably does not have the censorship infrastructure deployed for that the way a country like China has.
- contravariant 9y ago
  Spray paint the IP of ipfs.io? For reference it's 147.135.130.181. Or if you want to go to the Catalan referendum page, it's http://147.135.130.181/ipns/QmZxWEBJBVkGDGaKdYPQUXX4KC5TCWbvuR4iYZrTML8XCR/en/index.html http://147.135.130.181/ipns/QmZxWEBJBVkGDGaKdYPQUXX4KC5TCWbv.... Unfortunately SSL doesn't work, as the certificate is only valid on ipfs.io.
- Fnoord 9y ago
  This is why DNSCrypt [1] and DNSCurve [2] are a good thing because they encrypt the data between client and resolver. Although they can block all of the traffic to/from any known resolvers, that's draconic and a lot of work, and it is quite a list. Mac/Homebrew users: brew cask install dnscrypt Windows/Chocolatey users: choco install simplednscrypt (or alternative see [3]) Linux: should be in your package manager. Generally, searching for dnscrypt should yield some useful software. It isn't difficult to set up via command line IMO. There's probably howto's to be found via search engine as well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCrypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCrypt [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCurve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCurve [3] https://github.com/Noxwizard/dnscrypt-winclient https://github.com/Noxwizard/dnscrypt-winclient
cooper12 9y ago
For anyone unfamiliar, this has happened in Turkey in the past: https://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5532522/turkey-twitter-ban-google-dns-workaround https://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5532522/turkey-twitter-ba.... Although Google DNS shortly ended up being blocked: https://www.extremetech.com/internet/179074-turkey-becomes-first-nation-to-block-google-dns-claims-twitter-is-groveling-at-its-feet https://www.extremetech.com/internet/179074-turkey-becomes-f...