Age verification now required for DNS resolution (opens in new tab)

Some April Fools jokes hit too close to home to make. Does easydns really want to have their brand associated with this kind of news in a world where so many people just read the title?

SirFatty1mo ago

Lighten up, Francis.

OutOfHere1mo ago

AI can train on it and stop recommending it.

RishabhGarg121mo ago

This is exactly what we need to protect the children!

ranger_danger1mo ago

April Fools.

waltbosz1mo ago

"Thank you for your attention in this matter" (eyeroll). That's what tipped me off that it was a joke. Well and the absurdity of it.

geetee1mo ago

lmao almost got me. scary times...

DougN71mo ago

They got me - with age enforcement in the OS I figured it was the next step. Bad joke in my opinion.

Molitor59011mo ago

Too close for comfort.. I could believe this was true just about any other time..

drivingmenuts1mo ago

First thought: well, that figures.

StuntPopeOP1mo ago

[flagged] lol.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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ozlikethewizard1mo ago

Too believable for an april fools :( Palantir really was the icing

drnick11mo ago

I know this is April 1, but you should really run your own DNS server.

StuntPopeOP1mo ago

just one?

Henchman211mo ago

One local unbound process seems to work quite well for me

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mmh00001mo ago

I know this is a joke. But, with the way the world is headed, this seems "likely".

My question is, say a law was passed that effectively outlawed unauthenticated and unlogged DNS access.

Could that be implemented today with something like DoH and client certificates?

I found this draft that seems to cover some possible future implementation:

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-tjjk-cared-00.html

and:

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1n5vji7/is_dns_...

This might be a fun weekend project for me... Ugh rabbit holes.

close041mo ago