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DNS Checker – DNS Check Propagation Tool

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/05/24

Not that long ago I learned about [Wayback/Archive] DNS Checker – DNS Check Propagation Tool:

CHECK DNS PROPAGATION

Recently changed your DNS records, switched web host, or started a new website: then you are at the right place! DNS Checker provides a free DNS lookup service to check Domain Name System records against a selected list of DNS servers located in multiple regions worldwide. Perform a quick DNS propagation lookup for any hostname, and check DNS data collected from all available DNS Servers to confirm that the DNS records are fully propagated.

I wish I had known it before as it is a great tool to verify DNS lookups from around the world.

For my link archive (A and SOA records are the most important to me):

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Climbing up from a deep pit it just as admirable as climbing a mountain (via Liz Fosslien)

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/05/06

A while ago in 24 hours time, I bumped into both of these great illustrations about accomplishments that help strengthen your mental state.

Time to give the authors a boost:

You can find more about their books and workshops at [Wayback/Archive] Liz + Mollie Feel Things.

The illustrations that triggered me

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Posted in About, archive.is / archive.today, Awareness, Health, Inclusion / inclusive society, Instagram, Internet, InternetArchive, LifeHacker, Personal, Power User, SocialMedia, Twitter, WayBack machine | Leave a Comment »

etched: permanent, but slow way for storing/retrieving archived web-content

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/03/08

[Wayback/Archive.is] about etched:

etched is an internet archive tool that permanently timestamps and stores web pages directly into the Bitcoin BSV blockchain.

This is a major improvement from traditional web archivers as all etched pages are permanently stored and independently provable by anyone who has access to the bitcoin blockchain. This means even if etched shuts down anyone can search and view all previously saved data using bitcoin browsers like Bottle.

Via [Wayback] Archive.is blog — See if you suddenly died and that hardware failure…:

For redundancy, try something like etched.page, they store pages on Bitcoin blockchain.

Example: [Wayback] etched archive of nos.nl, 2021-09-10

Related:

--jeroen

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Many links about free modem/router choice and their configurations for the Dutch KPN internet/VoIP provider

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/02/19

I wrote this post because the xs4all->KPN transition was messy, especially on the VoIP side.

Emails and letters were incomplete lacking some essential information for manual configuration; 2nd line help desk did not return calls; pointers to where to find correct information were lacking.

This kind of is a catch all post with most of the links I found without much of their content so I can refer to them later when writing a more detailed post on how I did get VoIP to work.

So: for my link archive, almost all posts in Dutch.

Found posts

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The death of ESXi finally confirmed by Broadcom

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/02/12

Quite a few people already bumped into this the last two days (will add those links later), so today’s confirmation by Broadcom – who have a similar modus operandi as companies like Computer Associates and Symantec were and Idera is now – as of the ESXi death does not come as a surprise.

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Julia Evans (b0rk on Twitter) does not just make cool zines (like the DNS one) but also cool sites (the DNS lookup one). It’ is better than Google Toolbox, IntoDNS and others

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/31

A while after writing notes on updating DNS info with bind DNS, b0rk (Julia Evans) posted about her DNS zine which got a reply about her DNS lookup tool. Below is part of that thread.

The reason I post is that – unlike the Google DNS ToolBox – you can bookmark her DNS tool link including the actual search part, which makes it far easier to do systems administration.

Examples:

There is a trace tool too:

The thread:

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Note the Ziggo Wifispots certificate will often not install on Android the default way

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/26

A long time ago, I wrote about Wifispots instellen | Klantenservice | Ziggo « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff.

For that, you need a Ziggo VPN certificate, which you can download from [Wayback] www.ziggo.nl/content/dam/www.ziggo.nl/tools/WifiSpots certificaten/WifiSpots certificaat Android en Windows Ziggo.crt .

On many Android phones, that does not install the default way any more as back then.

The reason is that it is a CA root certificate (in this case identifying Ziggo as certificate authority) thereby allowing them to issue any certificate. This can be a serious risk, so you have to be really sure to trust them before installing the certificate.

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Fritz!Box: domeinen in de whitelist om TV-West op de PC te kunnen zien

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/05

Deze moet je in een Fritz!Box zetten om TV-West op een PC te kunnen:

cloudfront.net
omroepwest.bbvms.com
i.regiogroei.cloud
static.regiogroei.cloud
cdn.primed.io
omroepwest.nl

Via [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Zet deze domain in je @AVM_NL #FritzBox op de whitelist om TV West van @omroepwest op je PC te kunnen bekijken: cloudfront.net
omroepwest.bbvms.com i.regiogroei.cloud static.regiogroei.cloud cdn.primed.io omroepwest.nl” / Twitter

–jeroen

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Guess the maximum DNS Response Size… (by Jan Schaumann)

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/12/26

Every once in a while Jan Schaumann writes a long Twitter thread and saves it in a blog post. Always good ways to learn. This time it was no different: [Wayback/Archive] DNS Response Size started with

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Posted in Communications Development, Development, DNS, Internet, Internet protocol suite, IPv4, IPv6, Power User, TCP, tcpdump, UDP, Wireshark | Leave a Comment »

b0rk does fun things with DNS: CNAME records at the root of the domain; technically not allowed, definitely not recommended, but somehow work for web browsing

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/12/21

[Wayback/Archive] 🔎Julia Evans🔍 on Twitter: “I’ve always heard that you can’t create CNAME records at the root of the domain. But apparently you can? It seems to work fine as far as I can tell but I’m curious about the possible consequences. (yes, I registered cnameroot.com just to make this tweet) “

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