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The internet does not work on top of DNS. DNS works on top of the internet. Nothing about IPv4 was circumvented here, and IPv6 is even built to not need/use DHC
by kllrnohj 8y ago
The internet does not work on top of DNS. DNS works on top of the internet. Nothing about IPv4 was circumvented here, and IPv6 is even built to not need/use DHCP at all.
There is no mandate or expectation that all DHCP clients always use the advertised DNS settings. If there was than alternate DNS services like 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 wouldn't even exist in the first place, as your ISP would be in complete control of your DNS settings unless you splurged for a static IP.
The cast client decided to use its own DNS settings as many clients do - you can override the DHCP settings on just about any general purpose OS, for example. Even though they are DHCP clients. Do you call Linux allowing you to specify a DNS server as "circumventing how the internet works at a pretty basic level", too?
- userbinator 8y agoDo you call Linux allowing you to specify a DNS server as "circumventing how the internet works at a pretty basic level", too? There's a vast difference between "users can configure it to what they want" and "it's hardcoded and can't be changed".
- kllrnohj 8y agoIn both cases the client software ignored the network's settings. It's identical in behavior to the network. Either that's circumventing how the internet works or it isn't. Sounds like you agree that it's not, in fact, circumventing how the internet works?
- userbinator 8y agoThe critical difference is whether it is under control of the user.
- dazilcher 8y agoThat's a critical difference which has nothing to do with "how the internet works".