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Google DNS cartoon

This comic imagines Google focusing on its 8.8.8.8 public resolver, a cultural snapshot of how visible public DNS became.

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Screenshot used in the talk for Google DNS cartoon
Screenshot used in the original talk.

This comic imagines Google shutting down its other products so it can focus on the 8.8.8.8 public DNS server.

It is not a separate DNS protocol or service. It belongs in the talk as a small cultural artefact about the visibility of public resolvers.

Google even acknowledges this!


$ dig +short TXT dns.google

"https://xkcd.com/1361/"

"v=spf1 -all"