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		Karellen on Dec 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DNS over Wikipedia Right, but DNS doesn't retrieve domain names. It uses domain names to retrieve other information. In DNS, domain names are the keys. In this system, domain names are the values.

zarzavat on Dec 2, 2022 [–]

Allow me to introduce you to CNAME records.

Sure it’s a very narrow form of DNS...

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