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Google acknowledges XKCD #1361
A TXT record query on Google's 8.8.8.8 DNS server returns a link to xkcd 1361:
$ dig +short TXT google-public-dns-a.google.com
"http://xkcd.com/1361/"
- arielpts 12y agoDo NOT forget 8.8.4.4!
- jpmattia 12y agoThe tooltip is an integral part of xkcd.
- turnip1979 12y agoROFL! I did not know this. To be specific if you are not an XKCD reader: hover your mouse over the comic for a second punch line.
- wfjackson 12y agoClickable link for those like me who haven't read it. http://xkcd.com/1361/ http://xkcd.com/1361/
- _zekiel 12y agoit's also a DuckDuckGo instant answer (any xkcd comic) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xkcd+1361 https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xkcd+1361
- deleted 12y ago[deleted]
- samstave 12y agoI thought Google's core product was allowing "ping -t google.com" ICMP traffic to be the central monitor of my network connectivity and latency to the internet. Heck, I even have it aliased as "pg" on all my systems.
- caycep 12y agoWhat's the 8.8.8.8 server?
- ape4 12y agoGoogle's core business.
- gizmo686 12y agoGoogle's ping-back server. It is also a DNS server.
- McGlockenshire 12y agoSee also: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/ https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/
- ajtaylor 12y agoThe funny thing is I had to blackhole 8.8.8.8 on my home router earlier this week because of a change in the Netflix app on the Roku. Why won't people just take my money?
- ahmett 12y agoThe command is only: dig +short TXT google-public-dns-a.google.com by the way, the "http://xkcd..." http://xkcd..." part is the response, but since @asdafa didn't put \n\n after the command, it's appearing at the same line.
- krick 12y agoMaybe a stupid question, but is it monetized somehow? I mean DNS servers. After all, it's a pretty heavy load… I still don't really understand what is (is known to be) monetizable and what isn't.
- cmelbye 12y agoSure, they benefit by getting valuable data on Internet traffic. For another example of DNS server monetization, see http://opendns.com/ http://opendns.com/. Turns out there are clever ways of (mis)using DNS features to make money. For example, your server could hijack NXDOMAIN responses and instead direct the user to a nice page that tells them that the name couldn't be resolved alongside a couple relevant advertisements.
- wdr1 12y agoNXDOMAIN hijacking is what OpenDNS does.
- gizmo686 12y agoWhat could Google possibly do with people telling them every website they are visiting? Also, at the scale Google operates, I am not sure that DNS is that big of a resource commitment, and it may allow them to do fancy traffic routing stuff for their own services.
- shard972 12y agoThey could use it to build more accurate profiles of their users in order to monetize them.
- remosi 12y ago> We don't correlate or combine information from our temporary or permanent logs with any personal information that you have provided Google for other services. -- https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/privacy https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/privacy
- defcon84 12y agohttp://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=txt%3agoogle-public-dns-a.google.com http://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=txt%3agoogle-publ... very cool :)