I know why the DNS recursors do it, but it's extremely funny to see in tcpdump's when debugging stuff, the queries are shoved through a spongebob transform function
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one honk maybe more
shapr@recurse.social
replied 12 Jan 2026 17:03 +0000
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benjojo
replied 12 Jan 2026 22:47 +0000
in reply to: https://recurse.social/users/shapr/statuses/115883207736985577
@shapr it adds entropy to make it harder to spoof a reply it! https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-vixie-dnsext-dns0x20/
bortzmeyer@mastodon...
replied 12 Jan 2026 16:29 +0000
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@benjojo And the RFC was never approved/published (but not for aesthetical reasons) https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-vixie-dnsext-dns0x20/