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Work · April 6, 2020

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DNS over Wikipedia

Hey HN, I saw a thread a while ago (linked in README) discussing how Wikipedia does a good job keeping track of the domains of websites like Sci-Hub or The Pirate Bay. Someone mentioned checking Wikipedia to find links to these sites, so I thought this would be a fun thing to automate! To try it out, install an extension or modify your hosts file, then type in the name of a website with the TLD `.idk`. For example: scihub.idk -> sci-hub.tw Cheers!

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In plain words

DNS over Wikipedia automatically resolves website domains by extracting current URLs from Wikipedia articles. Users can access frequently-blocked sites by typing a special `.idk` domain extension—for example, typing "scihub.idk" redirects to the latest working Sci-Hub address. It works via a browser extension or hosts file modification, leveraging Wikipedia's crowdsourced tracking of mirror domains for sites like The Pirate Bay that regularly change addresses.

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