DNS: A Replacement for Finger
Bender
36 points
27 comments
October 23, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (7 comments)
cowlevel
What is this altchan.org place? Looks very new. Where's the reply button? And why do we want finger to exist?
adzm
> many large TXT records can be abused for DDoS purposes. dig -t txt ebay.com for a DDoS Example used today What does this mean, I see a bunch in the lookup but I don't understand the ddos part
JdeBP
I don't need it. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44916853 The real challenge is not finding another channel for transmitting personal information. It is finding something else for the FINGER protocol to do. (-:
dd8601fn
Fun. But a status needs to be updated semi-frequently and my dns service only offers api mgmt for bigger customers. I guess I could delegate a zone to another provider who does.
parallax_error
Seems like I get served gibberish bytes in the response body when visiting this site! I promise I’m not a bot :(
MiiMe19
Page does not seem to work with Firefox on Linux, or maybe its just down.
numpad0
I don't think this is a generally safe thing to do. DNS is allowed to be unmoderated because it's supposed to be for technical information only. If too many people starts doing this, someone will start forcing DNS infra to censor it, by OP53B or stricter KYC or legally mandated DNS defederation or anything that may or may not even work.