mess with dns: a cool site to directly mess around with subdomains of messwithdns.net.
Posted by jpluimers on 2023/03/17
[Wayback/Archive] mess with dns: a cool site at messwithdns.net that allows you directly mess around with subdomains of messwithdns.com (yup: these are on different top level domains by intent, see [Wayback/Archive] mess with dns: about/FAQ).
Her blog post [Wayback/Archive] New tool: Mess with DNS! has a cool insightful explanation with lots of gifs showing what is going on. The below gif is just one of them:
In addition, it has a cool [Wayback/Archive] mess with dns: DNS dictionary explaining common DNS related terms.
The backend is written in Go, and has a snapshot of the initial source code on github at [Wayback/Archive] jvns/mess-with-dns-backend (mainly so you can file issues or submit ideas).
Oh, and this is a cool video that shows you how DNS works assuming the protocol is phone based: [Archive] Max Meier👨🏻💻🛡⚔️ on Twitter: “DNS Server …” / Twitter.
Via:
- [Archive] Forrest Brazeal on Twitter: “This brought me so much joy today, Just wow. Anyone who designs learning experiences for tech needs to sit with this site for a few minutes. Just think quietly about how good it is, and why. And then go and do likewise.” / Twitter
- [Archive] 🔎Julia Evans🔍 on Twitter: “I built a new tool where you can experiment with DNS called Mess With DNS! It’s at
messwihdns.net. I made this with@omarieclaire, and there’s a blog post about how we built it here: …. Here’s a gif: …” / Twitter
–jeroen
Videos via https://twdownload.com/download-track/ / twdownload.com:
- [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1479168446021705732/pu/vid/480×852/bV3z-IRlZBLA4RzQ.mp4?tag=12
- [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1479168446021705732/pu/vid/320×568/veuXeLIGtVsWCLET.mp4?tag=12
- [Wayback/Archive] video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1479168446021705732/pu/vid/576×1024/f252o8iPsL-deBjM.mp4?tag=12
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