nowfound

Life & fun · September 13, 2020

TI

The Internet Portal – Warp to a Random Website, Using ICANN CZDS Data

The Internet Portal – Warp to a Random Website, Using ICANN CZDS Data launched on September 13, 2020 with 96 votes, #417 of 3,898 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

Visit theinternetportal.net ↗Alternativestop 11% of September 2020

In plain words

The Internet Portal is a random website explorer that uses ICANN CZDS (Centralized Zone Data Service) data to warp users to unexpected websites. Launched in 2020, it's designed for people who enjoy internet discovery and want to stumble upon random corners of the web. The tool stands out by leveraging actual domain registry data to generate truly random destinations rather than relying on a predetermined list of sites.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

Does a similar job

all alternatives →
  • How did your computer reach my server?2023 · how-did-i-get-here.net · ▲659

    A cool-as-shit dynamic traceroute powered by custom software, married with an informative article about how the BGP routing protocol works and guides the shape of the Internet.

  • Portal2020 · portal.devsync.co · ▲102

    A tiny editor portal inside your browser

  • ER
    Explore Random Web Servers2019 · randomsite.lhackworth.com · ▲39
  • Dweb.page – Your Gateway to the Distributed Web2018 · github.com · ▲70

    Your Gateway to the Distributed Web. Contribute to PACTCare/Dweb.page development by creating an account on GitHub.

  • PortalFeb 2026 · makeportals.com · ▲181

    Hey HN, I'm Zach, founder of Portal. Portal lets you share a live sandbox browser session as a link. Try it here: https://www.makeportals.com/try Instead of asking someone to sign up, install software, or book a demo for user research, onboarding, or sales, you send a link and they interact with the real product in a sandboxed browser environment, then you get session replays. Each viewer gets a fresh remote browser instance that starts from a defined state (URL, cookies, extensions, local files, etc). Sessions are isolated and expire automatically. The sessions have…

  • WL
    We launched a new web browser2022 · ▲203

    My company launched a new open source web browser built on Chromium. It supports decentralized domains on Handshake and is the first browser to support .eth DNS. It is also the first browser to support secure web browsing with DANE. Check it out: https://impervious.com/beacon https://github.com/imperviousinc/beacon

More life & fun this month

the category →

Source: Show HN post ↗

Launched alongside, September 2020

the whole month →
  • Synthesia▲943

    Generate professional-looking AI videos from text in minutes

    AI · 2020 · synthesia.io

  • IdeasAI▲801

    OpenAI-powered startup idea generator

    AI · 2020 · ideasai.com

  • Tables helps teams easily track & automate tasks

    Work · 2020 · tables.area120.google.com

  • LS

    Almost eight years ago I launched an online “Linux sysadmin course for newbies” here at HN. It was a side-project that went well, but never generated enough money to allow me to fully commit to leaving the Day Job. After surviving the Big C, and getting made redundant I thought I might improve and relaunch it commercially – but my doctors are a pessimistic bunch, so it looked like I didn’t have the time. Instead, I rejigged/relaunched it via a Reddit forum this February as free and open - and have now gathered a team of helpers to ensure that it keeps going each month even after I can’t…

    Commerce · 2020

  • A pool party in your pocket

    Life & fun · 2020 · cellular.poolside.fm

  • 65 solo founders making $370,000/mo

    Life & fun · 2020